| Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 14, 2014 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty o' parking at the HC. Depot lot is not plowed. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Everything easily crossed today, even the the two main crossings early on the Avalon Trail are now frozen over with a clear track and good steps. Water levels are low. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many iced bendovers today due to the frozen wet snow. All but a few were easily cleared with pole whack or two. Big tree-down on the Avalon Trail just below the Avalon - AZ junction; many folks have cut & cleared the branches so its just a bendover to get past it. May become a crawl-under if we get a huge amount of snow this winter. It will be a chainsaw project next summer to get the tree out of the way. |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
The two fine Goldens (aka: The Brown People) had a great hike here today and other dogs were out on the trail. |
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| Bugs: |
Didn't see or swat any. |
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| Lost and Found: |
Nope |