Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Thoreau Falls, Zealand Falls Hut, Mt. Tom, NH |
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| Trails: |
Ethan Pond Trail, Thoreau Falls Trail, A-Z Trail, Mt. Tom Spur, Avalon Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
All major crossings on this route are bridged. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Everything between Ethan Pond and Thoreau Falls is flooded due to recent rain. |
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| Bugs: |
Saw a swarm on the Avalon Trail but they didn't come after me. |
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| Comments: |
Decided to go check out Thoreau Falls and go for a decently long hike today. Should have known how wet it'd be on the Ethan Pond trail after all the rain yesterday but went anyway. It was possible to keep my feet mostly dry with careful rock hopping but this got old and tedious pretty quickly. Luckily this got better after Thoreau Falls (which was really impressive given all the water). The only snow to deal with was between the Willey Range junction on Ethan Pond trail and Ethan Pond and then about halfway up A-Z trail which then continued until the Avalon/A-Z trail junction. Some of it was stable monorail but a lot of it was deteriorating, terrible, undermined snow bridges. Especially on a lot of the stream crossings higher up before reaching the Mt. Tom spur between the spur and the zealand side. Lots of running water through the woods around there undermining the monorail on the trail and quite a few sketchy spots because of this. Today was a good but wet day out. The next several days are calling for more rain which combined with the deteriorating snow could soon make some of these trails impassable. |
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| Name: |
Dan |
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| E-Mail: |
djlawson570@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-05-03 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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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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