Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lincoln, Little Haystack Mountain, NH |
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| Trails: |
Old Bridle Path, Greenleaf Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Falling Waters Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 18, 2017 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
near empty at 7, full at 130 |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
no issues |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
lots of duck unders |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
saw a few prints on accent, forgot milk bones today :<{ |
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| Comments: |
snowshoes car to car, followed some new tracks on Bridle, passed some bare booters before green leaf hut and met another in shoes with two dogs coming down from Lafayette. trail fairly well broken to green leaf hut, not so much to lafayette. some soft deep drifting snow from hut to treeline, well blown snow above treeline, soft to hard drifts, crust, and trace of rock. broke trail on ridge part way to Lincoln, drifts to 12 " +, slippery snow over ice, nice and windy from the west going across to Haystack, ran into a lot of hikers that came up falling waters. trees starting dumping their snow load on decent with plenty of soft and sticky snow.
majority of other hikers did not have snowshoes on or packed? falling waters was a little bit of a mess from foot traffic. expect bridle to be left in ruff shape if they all went across |
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| Name: |
mark |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-02-18 |
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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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