| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Flume, Mt. Liberty, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Liberty Spring Trail, Flume Slide Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
North end Flume parking lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All Water crossings are exposed. Was able to cross in snowshoes. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns over trail throughout. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Absolutely not! |
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 | Comments: |
Started at 12 pm and Barebooted from parking lot to Flume-Liberty trail junction. From here the trail showed signs of use within the past few days (postholes all the way to and up slide). The monorail was only about 1' thick and was still quite unstable which warranted use of snowshoes from junction up to the base of the slide. Snow did begin to harden up about a mile from slide which made the steeper sections much easier. Switched to crampons and axe to ascend the slide which was pock marked with postholes ranging from 2-4 'deep. As long as I followed in others steps or the very thin monorail I was ok. Some sections did have quite stable hard snow. Most of the exposed ice is still climbable with a few exposed bulges which were melting in the sun, and there is still plenty of ice still buried beneath the snow layer . I was able to get decent grip for crampons all the way up (stay away from the thin stuff on rock). Flume-Liberty and down was a super highway. |
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 | Name: |
John |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-04-12 |
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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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