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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH
Trails
Trails: Bike path, herd path, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, January 8, 2023
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: NOBO Basin parking lot huge and plowed. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Undramatic. Hop on rocks. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few smallish blowdowns on Liberty Springs Trail. Nothing too hard to get around. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Someone left a large red bandanna hanging on a tree branch somewhere on Liberty Springs Trail, IIRC. 
 
Comments
Comments: Fast Fliberty. I started late and wanted to be out before sunset, so I kept the pace on the boil. Micros all the way once I put them on where Liberty Springs started getting steep and the ice thick. Trails overall were light snow over ice & had been very well traveled. Once on FRT, the trail was still hard packed, but with minor postholing all the way to Flume. Snowshoes might have worked between Liberty & Flume, but the trail was loaded with hard frozen ankle breakers. So, snowshoes and crampons got a free ride today. One good storm will smooth things out, though. Beautiful, bright day with little wind. Views forever from the summits. 280+1/576.  
Name
Name: Big Blue Yeti 
E-Mail
E-Mail: 020655@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2023-01-08 
Link
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