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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lincoln, Little Haystack Mountain, Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH
Trails
Trails: Old Bridle Path, Franconia Ridge Trail, Flume Slide Trail, Liberty Spring Trail, bushwhack, Franconia Notch Bike Path
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, February 12, 2021
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Only one car in the Lafayette Place West lot at 730, many cars at 1400 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: a bunch of easy ones on Flume Slide Trail 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Drifty under the highway. I wore spikes until the the first view point and switched to snowshoes. Old Bridle is very well packed. It starts getting very drifty by the hut, and I chose to switch back to spikes after treeline going up to Lafayette but snowshoes would also be fine. I postholed on the ridge through a few drifts. Switched back to snowshoes to break trail from Little Haystack until a quarter mile before the Liberty Spring Trail junction when two other guys were breaking trail heading the opposite way (a stroke of luck for us both). Well packed from the junction to Flume. Saw one other hiker on Liberty. Buttslid down Flume Slide (thanks for the past report that suggested this, it was awesome fun!) and there was a well defined snowshoe track as well. Liberty Springs trail is very well packed, and there are a lot of friendly snowmobilers on the bike path.
I got lucky today, there was no wind at all and visibility was incredible!  
Name
Name: Emily 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2021-02-12 
Link
Link: https:// 
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