| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Adams (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Valley Way, Airline |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, April 23, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Hop over the small streams |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few duck unders and one blowdown around waist high |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Crazy foot had fun at first but got pretty anxious as we tried to find a trail to the summit |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
We were going to hit Isolation but decided on Adams last minute. We weren't sure about the stream crossings on Isolation and they were a little dicey when we did Owl's Head a couple of weeks ago. We went up Valley Way because I had been up this way to Madison in February with Crazy Foot. Trail was nice and firm. Spikes all the way up. A little choppy near and above tent site trail. From the hut we followed the Mt Adams 1.0 mile sign but the tracks soon disappeared. We went back to Airline and headed up. Very windy but we had gear and it wasn't too bad. Probably could use crampons here. I put on snowshoes because there were some deep drifts. We followed some tracks but then they disappeared in the drifts. We could not discern between cairns and plain old boulders. The dog started running around quite a bit and when we stopped to adjust gear she would get a little frantic and knock into us to keep moving. I decided to head back because we didn't seem to be making progress and I needed to get her out of the wind. My record is now 46-1. |
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 | Name: |
Bad Bear, Mountain Goat, & Crazy Foot |
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 | E-Mail: |
stryboh@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-04-23 |
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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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