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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Abraham, ME
Trails
Trails: Snowmobile trail, Fire Warden's Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, January 25, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parking is at a small lot marked by a big boulder (room for 3-4 cars) approx. 4 miles from Route 16/27. After that it is snow-mobiles only. It is a 2-2.5 miles easy walk along the snow-mobile trails to the TH. Rapid Stream Road is in good condition. Winterish but easy driving.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All bridged - but bridges are sketchy. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A handful of large blowdowns (walk-around, under, over). Quite a lot of debris on the trails - removed as much as I could.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Hard going in the dense snow on the trails below tree-line. Above tree-line hard crusted areas are hazardous to canines. I recommend leaving the pups at home. 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: No travel on these trails for some time. 2-4" of dense, somewhat consolidated snow at lower elevation increasing to 10" or more at higher elevation. Trail is well-blazed but one sharp left-turn in a clearing is not marked with change-of-direction. I missed it and messed around for a bit before finding the trail again.
Hard crust/icy conditions above tree-line. I changed to Hillsounds and left the snowshoes behind. However, the crust is not hard/strong enough to carry and I punched through about 50% of the time. There are some exposed areas where snowshoes and/or microspikes will not provide sufficient traction. Despite the post-holing Hillsounds or crampons above tree-line in my opinion. If concerned about the exposed areas, bring ice axe.  
Name
Name: LongMark 
E-Mail
E-Mail: perfrost@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-01-26 
Link
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