| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Abraham (attempt), ME |
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 | Trails: |
Rapid Stream Road, Mt. Abraham Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Space for only about 2 or 3 vehicles to the point where Rapid Stream Road stops getting plowed. It’s about 2.5 miles from here to the summer trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The large crossing is mostly snowbridged |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Couple of easy step overs and duck unders, one nasty pokey grabby no way around it blowdown about 2/3 of the way up. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Eh, I wouldn’t right now but depends on the pooch. |
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 | Bugs: |
NA |
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 | Lost and Found: |
NA |
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 | Comments: |
Another day of tough trail breaking. Larry S had been through Thursday so we hoped his single set of tracks would offset us losing Uncle Bob and only having 3 in our party today. It did but as expected it was still tough sledding. We wore snowshoes door to door. Got a late start and ran out of time up above the talus field. Didn’t want to have to negotiate it in the dark. Would not have minded having my ice axe and/or crampons for this section. It is currently windblown, hard slab.
Conditions in the trees will obviously change with this weather, but wanted to submit for road info, snow bridges, and talus field in case it helps someone else. There is at least a nice base now with our snowshoe track for whatever comes next…who knows maybe it won’t get touched until we are back in a few weeks. |
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 | Name: |
mmace724 |
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 | E-Mail: |
Mikeymace @ hotmail |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-01-13 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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