| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
East Osceola, Mt. Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 5, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot is slick. Be careful entering and exiting. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Brooks are either narrow enough, dry enough, or iced-over enough to present no problems. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Blowdowns at the ridge. None so significant that they can't be avoided. Someone with a trail saw could make quick work of most of it in no time at all. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw two that were having the times of their lives down in the flatter section of the trail. |
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 | Comments: |
Trail is packed down rather nicely throughout, with no glazing that I could notice. Full-bore crampons were appreciated in the steep sections for providing lots of additional sure-footedness; traction of some kind is necessary. As others have remarked, the chimney is easily bypassed on the right (as you go up). There were a couple spots where having an ice axe made faster travel. A few areas of snowdrifts at the top, nothing major.
Pictures will be posted on my blog shortly. |
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 | Name: |
Protean Wanderer |
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 | E-Mail: |
c1@magicdragonfly.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-03-05 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.proteanwanderer.com |
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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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