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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Camel's Hump, VT
Trails
Trails: Monroe Trail, Long Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, January 6, 2012
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Winter parking, adds 0.4 each way for 7.6 miles out-and-back. Road to Summer Parking is blocked by snowbank and signed closed.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: all frozen 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: No water, otherwise o.k. 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Nice track all the way up. I snowshoed to the top in some fluffy squall accumulation, but microspikes are fine- used them on descent. Trees are becoming more snow loaded on the upper slopes. Iced rocks on the summit area.



Hiked past the top south on the LT to the base of the headwall with thoughts of continuing the traverse to Wind Gap, but with drifting and snowy trees the route finding was a little more than I was into so I went back up and over, back down Monroe. Currently only this and Burrows are broken out, no tracks on Dean or Bamforth Ridge.



Summit temp 19F @ 12:45 pm, winds 20mph or so at the very top, otherwise light.  
Name
Name: Drew Petersen 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2012-01-06 
Link
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