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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Greylock, MA
Trails
Trails: Cheshire Harbor Trail, road walk, Appalachian Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, February 21, 2021
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Few spots left at 11 am at the end of West Mtn. Rd. The earlier parking lot by the Gould Tr. however was overflowing. Note the blue blazed trail begins to the left of the parking lot, not the right which is a snowmobile corridor. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Saw a few at summit 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: I second the votes here on this gradual, very manageable trail as long as you’re OK with snowmobile traffic and constant jumps to the side of the trail. Three in our party used spikes all day, as did almost every hiker, but I switched to snowshoes at the AT trail junction for the rest of the day, and found them better suited for the beach-sand level of softening
snow.
Busy summit with at least two dozen others, but everyone was well spread out and with such crystal blue skies/manageable winds I didn’t mind. Amazing how Monadnock and the Wapack ridge dominate the skyline, with views clear to Mt. Snow and Equinox in VT to their west, and to Mt. Everett and Frissell further south near CT.
Finally, a MA peak with enough gain to feel like our beloved Whites, until we get vaccines and COVID eases. We’re probably a rarity in abiding by official travel bans but it’s been kind of fun discovering MA trails.  
Name
Name: TwinMom+1 
E-Mail
E-Mail: mk@mkmarinac.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2021-02-23 
Link
Link: https:// 
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