| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Ethan Allen, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Monroe Trail, Dean Trail, Long Trail, Allis Trail, Hump Brook Tentsite Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Winter Parking adds 0.4 mi each way. Plowed, watch for logging gear. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Wooden bridges or frozen. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Clear. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Good surface with some drifting but not deep. Small open water patch in Wind Gap for drinking.My dog likes this hike. |
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 | Comments: |
Microspikes on Monroe Trail, then snowshoes everywhere else. The Dean Trail has up to 6" of drifted snow over hard base.
The Long Trail up Mt. Ethan Allen from Wind Gap has a nice ski/snowshoe track most of the way, turns to just snowshoe track at the very top. Ski tracks enter & exit but the L.T. corridor is easily followed to the North Summit (3,680'). 0.1 mi. past, at the South Summit (3,688'), the trail is a single set of faint northbound snowshoe tracks. summit temp 27F @ 1p.m.
On the way down I broke out the Allis Trail, a scenic loop that bypasses Montclair Glen to the Dean Trail. Barebooted down from Monroe Trail jct.- microspikes were clumping on the way up to here.
After the first 5 minutes I saw no one, very peaceful out this way. |
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 | Name: |
Drew Petersen & Jetty |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-02-15 |
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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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