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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Tom, Mt. Field, NH
Trails
Trails: Avalon Trail, A-Z Trail, Mt. Tom Spur, Willey Range Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, February 26, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty along Route 302. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Snow bridges on lower Avalon Trail were gone or barely stable. They won't last long with more warm days. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Mostly clear with a few eye pokers. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: One happy one. 
Bugs
Bugs: Snow fleas. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Light traction on Mt Tom. e-mail if you can ID it. 
 
Comments
Comments: A-Z from Zealand to Willey Range lightly traveled but easy with snowshoes. Several inches of fresh snow on a relatively stable monorail. With spike expect to posthole often.
Willey Range Trail to Mt Field ok with microspikes if you stay on the monorail most of the time. Snowshoes would have been better. The trail to Mt Willey looked lightly traveled and would be best to traverse with snowshoes.
Mt Tom Spur Trail stable and easy with Microspikes as was Avalon Trail. Snowshoes good too.
Snow bridges over the two major water crossings on Avalon are now gone or marginally stable. An alternate snow bridge crossing 50 yards upstream of the upper crossing is ok. The lower crossing had several postholes through it.
 
Name
Name: Hiker__Dad 
E-Mail
E-Mail: bwa27 at comcast dot com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-02-27 
Link
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