| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Liberty and Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Whitehouse Trail, Liberty Springs Trial, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 4, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Whitehouse Trail Parking Lot holds a lot of cars and there's a bathroom! $5 parking fee |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings (Pemi and Cascade) were doable though we needed to cross on a few submerged rocks. Poles definitely came in handy for balance. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There are a few downed trees but nothing you can't go around. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
There were several well behaved dogs on the trail |
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 | Bugs: |
Not that I noticed |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Noticed that a pair of sunglasses were left at the intersection of Liberty Springs and Franconia Ridge trails |
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 | Comments: |
Started out in spikes from the parking lot and kept them on all day. Snow covered trails to ice to dirt covered trails. A lot of running water. The monorail is very narrow in places and non-existent in others. It's easy to posthole if you move off of the monorail. Once we crossed the water we had continuous snow all the way to Flume. There were a lot of people on the trail.
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 | Name: |
HP |
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 | E-Mail: |
hpoirier511@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-04-05 |
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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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