| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Wachusett Mountain, MA |
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 | Trails: |
West Side Trail, Old Indian Trail, Mountain House Trail, Jack Frost Trail, Lower Link, Harrington Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 3, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only car in the plowed lot at the West Side TH. No cars at the Bolton Pond TH. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Comments: |
Beautiful, bluebird day, so I was surprised to have seen no other hikers for my entire three hour hike (and this included two visits to the summit). The trails were all hard packed so light traction worked fine. I wore Hillsound Trail Crampon Pros (their ought to be a "hiking crampons" category for these and K-10s) and was glad to have their heel spikes coming down the steeps of Jack Frost, and to have their longer, more aggressive (than spikes) teeth for going up t he steeps of Harrington (where there were a number of stretches of flow ice that I just walked right up). On the way out I bushwhacked down to the ice falls (south of the lower part of the West Side Trail) and found the snow iced over hard enough that I could walk without punching through. |
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 | Name: |
RonK |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-03-03 |
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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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