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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Madison (attempt), NH
Trails
Trails: Valley Way
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of room in the Appalachia lot. Wasn't even full when I got back. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All rock hopped or stepped over. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A couple step over blowdowns, otherwise a-ok! 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Now that it's almost winter time, use good judgment when bringing a dog above treeline. If it's too cold for you, it's too cold for your dog. 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Turned back at Madison Spring Hut due to fatigue and cold wind chills. I'll (hopefully) be back in actual winter...

The trail had a couple inches of packed powder down low, and as I got closer to the hut, it got deeper and more unconsolidated. Snowshoes would've been helpful but not necessary.

NOTE: This report is basically null and void after the dumping of snow the Whites got this morning, but... ya know.  
Name
Name: Spencer 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-12-12 
Link
Link: https:// 
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