| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Livermore Trail, Scaur Ridge Trail, Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None of any significance via this route. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Plenty of blowdowns just after the last Waterville XC ski junction (prior to south loop junction). Also some on Pine Bend Brook and between the peaks, but nothing you can't get by. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
2-4" of new snow, starting at the parking lot. Put on snowshoes pretty quickly, as it was just enough to make barebooting uncomfortable (were able to bareboot Livermore on the way back due to the packing, as well as some melting). Quasi-trailbreaking. Little snowpack under the new snow on Livermore. Bushwhacked from the north Mt. Tripyramid junction up to Scaur Ridge (and did a slightly different variation on the way down...the western variation is probably better right now). Scaur Ridge Trail had a monorail underneath 3-4" of new snow up to the gully, then frozen granular under the new snow up to Pine Bend Brook. Right around here, the new snow went from wet/sticky to more of a dry powder. No tracks coming up Pine Bend Brook Trail. Broke out to Middle Tripyramid and back - generally frozen granular under about 4" of powder, some traces of frozen granular monorail. Trail finding could be tough if you don't know the route. Frozen granular base on Pine Bend Brook steeps (under new snow) could be tough if your snowshoes don't have good crampons. Flex Alps and MSRs were adequate. Light snow falling all morning above Livermore Trail. |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21 at franklinwebpublishing dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-04-17 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/NewHampshire/mttripyramidnorth-2010-0417.php |
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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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