| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Field, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Avalon Trail, A-Z Trail, Willey Range Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the depot lot with about 5 other cars, the spots towards the train deck were a little snowy |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings were not an issue at all |
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 | Comments: |
Rock spikes and snowshoes today. Rock spikes went on fairly soon as there was a bit of ice after the first water crossing. At the junction of A-Z Trail there were no tracks heading towards Tom so I put the snowshoes on. Looked like one set of bareboot tracks coming down from the day before. There wasn't a ton of fresh snow but a few inches. There were a couple awkward spots with rocks still poking through but snowshoes proved more helpful than not. One guy passed me going to Tom in just spikes. No tracks going up Willey Range Trail, this is probably where snowshoes were the most helpful. Seemed like it took the guy behind me a while to do this stretch with no snowshoes but he did it nonetheless. I went down the Avalon Trail and kept the snowshoes on mostly because there were icy spots on the steeps and my rock spikes would not have cut it, I felt safer with the traction on my snowshoes. Switched back to rock spikes at the water crossing. Only saw a couple people out and all the tracks I saw were just bareboot or spikes. I like snowshoes so it was an obvious choice to minimize the struggle but this was not a crazy trail breaking experience. Snowshoes probably a good idea if doing anything other than Tom. |
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 | Name: |
Samantha J |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-11-19 |
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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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