| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Madison, Mt. Adams, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Clay, Mt. Washington, Mt. Monroe, Mt. Franklin, Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Valley Way, Osgood Trail, Gulfside, Airline, Lowes Path, Jefferson Loop, Clay Loop, Crawford Path, Monroe Loop, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 1, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Appalachia and Highland Center were practically empty. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easy rock hops |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Quite a bit of blowdown on Valley Way. Threw and dragged what I could. Gonna take a saw for the rest. Several large ones on Crawford Path below cutoff. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Awfully icy for pooches. |
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 | Comments: |
Was quite pleasantly surprised to find decent trails for most of the day. There is light windblown snow with ice patches of various sizes scattered about. Some large sections of flow ice on the way down Crawford Path. Up VW with no traction though it required some careful foot placement.
Used spikes on Madison and Adams. Put them back on for Jefferson and kept them on all the rest of the way. Met two groups on summit that were just doing Washington. They all had mountaineering boots and crampons. I think micro spikes or Hillsounds would easily handle everything I saw today. Other than the two groups on Wash, I didn't see a soul all day. Made fresh prints up everything until I got to Eisenhower. Was a nice treat to have the whole range pretty much to myself! |
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 | Name: |
Gritty Coil |
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 | E-Mail: |
Pfwayne@hotmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-12-01 |
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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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