| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Willey, Mt. Field, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ethan Pond Trail, Willey Range Trail, Avalon Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 28, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at AT trailhead |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossing coming down on the Avalon trail was deep but passable. We walked right through the water since it was the end of the day |
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 | Comments: |
To start the hike input on microspikes, the road approach was all ice. Snow on the trail was soft and sticky so I constantly had to kick off the calling snow in the spikes. Trail conditions good though on the AT The accent up the willey summit trail was super steep, crampons would be highly advised, I kept pushing with microspikes and it was stupid of me. Would have been much safer to change into my crampons before the push up the stairs. They were huge ice chunks and it was much easier to go around them but still very difficult. One we summoned willey the trail was nice powdery snow I put crampons on up top but spikes would have been fine for the majority of the rest of the hike. Coming down my feild off the Avalon trail the snow was nice and soft with some ice spots. Much of the descent we butt sledded down and it was great. |
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 | Name: |
James |
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 | E-Mail: |
Jamesmurray23@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-02-29 |
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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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