| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Camel's Hump, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Monroe Trail, Long Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, April 6, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Winter lot is still in use as there is plenty of snow on the road to summer lot. Some ruts leading up to winter lot, but easy to straddle in small car. River Road and Camels Hump Road are rough, but not overly muddy |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Foot bridges or stable snow bridges, no large crossings |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail in great shape. Pretty well blazed and easy to follow. No major blow downs or leaners. Some branches encroaching on trail a little |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw a few out today and they all seemed happy. Didn't look like they sunk in much at all off trail |
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 | Comments: |
I put on snowshoes early thinking the trail would get soft, but it never got that soft even in the direct sun. It seems there is a hard layer just under the surface that is holding up well. Not many on the trails to start, with the other hiker bare booting to the cliffs, then putting on snowshoes. Saw at least 12-15 hikers going up on my way down though with footwear from bare boots to light traction to snowshoes. They didn't appear to be making too much of a mess of the trail on the way up, but that might have changed later in the day. The summit had lots of rime on it making for quite the "spring" scene today. 20 degrees with 16 mph avg wind gusting at 25 mph for a wind chill of about 6 |
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 | Name: |
sdways01 |
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 | E-Mail: |
sdways01atyahoodotcom |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-04-07 |
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 | Link: |
 https://sdways01.smugmug.com/New-England-4K |
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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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