>>2690318Me and a fair number of others bailed. I did do the living waters trail up (as you recommended), but I also did it down since I bailed out. The "iced water crossings" were all snowed over, so it's perfectly safe.
That being said, the winds on Franconia ridge were too strong for me. The gusts were against me and knocking me down on my hands and knees every 30 seconds and people in snowshoes and poles were stuck in place while that was happening. My feet were getting blown out from under me every step. I probably could have kept on going, just waiting out every gust, but I'm not a danger junkie. I guess the gusts were up to 60 mph because trees were groaning and a few were uprooted.
Audio in this webm is extremely loud. The winds further up were more severe, but I could pull out my phone here. It was honestly really awesome to be blown around by the wind, but I wasn't planning on dying.
