Is this too late in the season to do it without specialized winter gear? I don't mind using microspikes but having to use snowshoes would turn me off. The temperature range on Mt Washington (the most extreme example) after the 15th ranges between 45 and 9 degrees. Has anyone here personally crossed the entire range in October?
I was supposed to leave from Delwater Gap towards Gorham around the 10th of August but I may have to leave at the end of August or the beginning of September instead and will probably get to NH by mid October. I've been on the AT in NJ/NY/CT in late October early November but the Whites are on a whole other level. I could head south from NJ, but that section doesn't interest me.
Any advice would be appreciated,
Thanks