| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Madison, Mt. Adams, Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Valley Way, Osgood Trail, Gulfside, Cog Rail Trail, Trinity Heights Connector |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 3, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
$10 Cog lot, we were the only ones. Ammo not plowed but looked accessible if you're sporting 4WD. Appalachia maybe 1/4 full at 7am. Not plowed but accessible in a FWD sedan with a little care. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One blowdown on Valley Way, easy straddle |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No dawgs today |
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 | Bugs: |
Nope |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
Uneventful clomp up Valley Way. Packed enough for spikes but we used shoes. Really, it's easier going.
Rock spikes up Madison and Adams, then over to Jeff. Cols and areas protected from the wind have mostly unpacked snow. Then it's exposed rocks again. Very bony. Up Jeff is more ambiguous. We kept the spikes on, but there was more snow esp. in the snowfields area and an argument can be made for switching out to snowshoes. Whatever you wear is going to take a beating on rocks.
Traverse over to Wash is decidedly more bony than up Jeff.
Cog up from the Gulfside intersection was either packed or crusted. Easy peasy.
Trinity up to Washington summit spikable up. Significant ice fields though that you'll likely bounce right out of in spikes and have a (very) bad day, so navigate around those. We wore crampons down through cog because (a) we already schlepped them all that way and (b) it was getting late and we didn't want to have to think about stepping in the wrong place on the ice fields in the dusk.
Cog was very snowy and getting packed out with moderate traffic. |
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 | Name: |
Muench, Nora |
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 | E-Mail: |
erik.coder@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-01-04 |
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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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