| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bike path, herd path, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at the Basin. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Small ones are an easy stepover, big crossing was easily rock hop-able just be careful as the rocks are icy. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Liberty Spring Trail is a mess down low. The trail itself is open with some water/mud so people have created a temporary trail off to the side. Erosion = no bueno. Couple of leaners on Franconia Ridge Trail. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None today, Jackson stayed home with mom. |
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 | Bugs: |
Nada. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Found a pole basket to add to my amazing collection. |
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 | Comments: |
Beautiful day out there today, I think we only saw 3 people all day? Conditions were an interesting mix for January 17th. Bike path, bushwhack and lower portion of Liberty Spring could have been barebooted (I did on the way down). Middle to upper section of Liberty Spring is an ice flow. Above the tentsite and all the way over to Flume could have been barebooted (which I did on the way back). Tom and Eliot wore K-10s and Hillsound Pros door to door. I wore regular hillsounds but took them off a few times because the snow was sticky and balling up on me which got annoying. |
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 | Name: |
mmace724 |
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 | E-Mail: |
mikeymace at hotmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-01-17 |
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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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