Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Stratton Mountain, VT |
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| Trails: |
Long Trail, IP Road |
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| Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 22, 2015 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Stratton-Arlington Road is plowed out as far as the Long Trail lot. The lot is plowed too. From there west, road is packed by snow machines. IP road is also packed out firm by snowmobiles. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
All frozen |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is in good shape, few obstacles except snow-induced low canopy sticks in the face. |
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| Comments: |
Counter-clockwise loop over Stratton using the Long Trail & the IP Road from Stratton-Arlington Road, RGoH, party of 6. From S-A Road for ~2 miles northbound LT, trail well packed. From there to summit lots of wind drift, snowshoes recommended--heavy winds consistent thru day, so don't expect our trail to last. Snow around summit extremely deep with not much room between trail and canopy. Northbound LT to 2nd xing of IP Road even less well broken, difficult to parse in places. Beyond 2nd IP xing, LT north toward Stratton Pond appeared poorly broken out, not recently, so opted for return by IP Road. Use caution on IP Road--heavy use by very fast snowmobiles. Recommend single file, facing traffic on left (except where sharp corners demand best visibility), last person wear a headlamp backward for better visibility even in day. |
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| Name: |
Barefoot Paul |
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| E-Mail: |
pgagnon999@outlook.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-03-22 |
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| Link: |
https://www.meetup.com/random-hikers/events/221094687 |
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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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