| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Field, Mt. Willey, Mt. Tom, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Avalon Trail, Willey Range Trail, A-Z Trail, Mt. Tom Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot has large patches of slick ice |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged |
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 | Comments: |
Wore microspikes until the Mt Avalon spur. Started breaking through the ice crust at about this point so the snowshoes went on. Some deeper drifts higher up on Avalon Tr. Took Willey Range out to Willey where the drifts were deeper yet. I was sinking quite a bit even with snowshoes. Retraced my steps back to Field and encountered several other snowshoers and barebooters. From this point the trail was quite messy with postholes. The Tom Spur is quite choppy too. Put microspikes back on for the descent down A to Z with no troubles. The winds could be heard along the ridge but was fairly sheltered from them. |
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 | Name: |
Yoda |
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 | E-Mail: |
Egatp@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-01-13 |
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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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