| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Lonesome Lake Hut, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lonesome Lake Trail, Cascade Brook Trail, Fishin' Jimmy Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for about a dozen cars outside the Lafayette CG gate in the plowed winter parking area. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
There are 2 small water crossings low on the LLT - both bridged, but someone had punched through one of them. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Thursday's thaw/freeze cycle turned most of the packed trail into a hard consolidated surface, including quite a few now-frozen postholes from over-eager barebooters earlier this week. Trail crampons/microspikes are sufficient from the CG to the Lake. The Cascade Brook Trail to the dam is traveled, but not well-packed. Snowshoes are a better choice for this segment unless you like surprises.
There has been no recent traffic across the Lake.
Hi-Cannon at LLT to Dodge Cutoff is untouched since the last snowstorm.
The LLT to KRT looks packed out.
Dodge Cutoff at Lake end is packed out, so presumably upper Hi-Cannon is, too,
Around Lonesome Lake Trail from the Hut to LLT is not packed out.
Fishing Jimmy past the is semi-broken, saw several groups heading up that way this AM. |
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 | Name: |
Jeff Carter |
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 | E-Mail: |
jeffc at apeirogon.org |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-01-25 |
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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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