| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Whitehouse Trail, Liberty Springs Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, January 16, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Whitehouse parking area spacious and plowed |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Easy to cross on snow bridge or rocks |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One birch to walk around
One spruce to walk under - branches cut for easy passage |
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 | Comments: |
Trail up to Liberty Springs Campsite hard pack snow
Beyond Liberty Springs Campsite snow was somewhat looser
Franconia Ridge beyond Mt Liberty a bit choppy from some bare boot postholing - however generally easy to traverse
Three hikers from New Brunswick with snowshoes planned to head north on Franconia Ridge Trail to Lincoln and Lafayette so trail should be broken out.
On descent take care to take left at point where winter snowshoe bushwhack heads to Basin East parking. White blaze on tree at this point confirms that left is the Appalachian Trail (Liberty Springs)
Snowmobilers were driving responsibly where the Whitehouse Trail coincided with bike road
Many hikers on trail including group from MIT and another group hoping to hike the 48 4,000 footers this winter |
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 | Name: |
WAUMBEK |
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 | E-Mail: |
WAUMBEK at Roadrunner dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-01-16 |
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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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