| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Fume, Mt. Liberty, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Flume Slide Trail, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 26, 2011 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Goggles, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Many of the snow bridges at the bottom of Liberty Spring and Flume Slide are gone. Not hard to cross, plenty of rocks, but on the flip side they do some damage to the snow shoes. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Flume Slide Trail was hardly marked. I am pretty sure whoever was before us started bushwacking it and we followed. |
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 | Comments: |
Fair amount of snow still. If the weather stays cold we'll get a few more weeks out of it. With warm weather it will get pretty muddy on Flume Slide, got a snow shoe covered in mud near the middle of the trail. Not sure if we did the proper ascent of Flume Mt, but it was pretty steep to say the least. Recommend crampons and at least 1 axe. Did it with MSR snowshoes and trekking poles, but felt like I could have slide down the face of the mountain at any moment, 2 other in the group felt the same way. We passed a guy on the way up, but think he bailed half way up. Tons of snow at the top, great trip. |
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 | Name: |
rwilson |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-03-27 |
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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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