| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Borestone Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Base Trail, Summit Trail, access road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 12, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The lot has not been plowed. The snow bank has been broken through in two places. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One step-over blow down on the Base Trail, One small tangle of blowdowns on the Summit Trail. Very large tree fallen and tangled in standing trees leaning very close to the building near the pond. |
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 | Comments: |
Three to four inches of snow on the lower climb increasing a little with elevation. As you reach the ledges the snow is wind swept and drifted. A few drifts almost knee deep. One person earlier in the week had climbed without snowshoes and we did. Sections of postholes in the deeper drifts near the top. We waited until we got to the ledge just below the iron rungs before putting on spikes. Snow was sticky and clumping to our spikes. Mixed with bare ledges, it was a tough day on the spikes. No real ice build up yet. A thin layer of slush below the snow in many places. Multiple places where tracks loop off trail for a short ways before rejoining main trail. Mix of snowshoe and bareboot traffic on the access road. Nearly exclusive bareboot traffic on the trails. |
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 | Name: |
Frosty & Magoo |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-12-13 |
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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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