| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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East Osceola, Mt. Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 30, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot at the trailhead is plowe. Room for maybe 7-8 cars. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Half a dozen small crossings on the Greeley Pond trail. Only one is bridged but the bridge is not too stable. There is open water but all the crossings are easy. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
The well-packed trail is easy for dogs. Cinnilla had a great time. She could easily jump all the crossings (no wet paws) and she handled the chimney bypass with remarkable ease. |
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 | Comments: |
Georg, Cinnilla and I chose this hike today to avoid being above treeline with the forecast of cold and gusty winds. It felt like a very good decision.
The trail was well-packed. A couple of hikers ahead of us packed down what fell overnight and with close to a dozen hikers on the trail today it is now in very good shape. Further drifting on the ridge should be expected, though.
We snowshoed all the way. We considered using crampons on the descent but felt that the snow is/was still too lose for crampons to be better than snowshoes. We got down the steep section with a combination of glissading, snowshoe-skiing and snowshoing backwards. This combination worked pretty well.
The chimney bypass can still be tricky but with the snow-cover it was probably as easy as anything we have ever seen. |
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 | Name: |
LongMark |
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 | E-Mail: |
perfrost@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-12-30 |
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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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