| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Flume, Mt. Liberty, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bike path, herd path, Liberty Spring Trail, Flume Slide Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Basin lot well maintained and plowed |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Cascade Brook doable but a little tricky, Upper Flume Brook log crossing is iced from scooting, we found a crossing downstream. |
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 | Comments: |
We summited Flume and Liberty today via Flume Slide. We bare booted to the base of the slide. Snow was thin. Couple of the water crossings were challenging, most notably the second crossing of Flume Brook. The tree down as a bridge there is being scooted across and is too icy to walk across. It felt sketchy to scoot, so we went back down trail and found an alternative crossing. We used crampons and ice axes on the slide and I would not do it without them. We had snow the whole way up which left about an inch or two of fresh powder. The snow is crusted over and poses issues with post holing. We used snowshoes on the ridge. There were some large drifts. The fresh powder covered some serious icy patches that froze over further down Liberty Springs. |
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 | Name: |
Alexandra Fowler |
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 | E-Mail: |
alexandra.cc.fowler@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-12-28 |
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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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