| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Avalon, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Avalon Trail, Avalon Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged, a few may have a weak spot or two if you step off the beaten path. The largest crossing has a small bridge, but lots of open water upstream and down. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Great shape. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw three, one a cute little 11 year old Jack Russel just loving the cold windy day. |
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 | Bugs: |
Didn't notice any. |
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 | Comments: |
Everything was pretty firm until the upper 250 yards of Avalon Trail to summit. Some drifts, a few deep postholes, but not much of an issue as long as you don't step in a posthole someone before had created for us. Didn't don the snowshoes, micros up, mostly sledding down. The Merikan Missiles rocked on this trail, probably got in a mile of sledding out of the 1.8 mile trip down. Saw a guy with a large plate style sled, maybe twice as big as the LL Bean ones. He got a bunch more sledding in than when I did it last year on the Bean ones. Most of the steeper parts had been sled on either today or yesterday, so lots of smooth trail to play on (was expecting posthole hell after that thaw and taking a trail right at the Highland Center, but was pleasantly wrong. |
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 | Name: |
The Yankees Guy |
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 | E-Mail: |
Pearlwich@aol.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-01-13 |
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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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