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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lincoln, Little Haystack Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Old Bridle Path, Greenleaf Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Falling Waters Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, January 19, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of room 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction, Goggles, Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Water crossings on Falling Water were all frozen over, and easy to cross. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: I found a thermos off of the Falling Water Trail near one of the falls. I left it near the green donations post in the parking lot. I found a 32 GB SD card on the summit of Lafayette, the owners are likely French-Canadian since some of the camera files on the card had French names. 
 
Comments
Comments: Old Bridle Path had a few fresh inches over a frozen hardpack base, with a few icy patches. I wore microspikes lower down, but put on crampons before reaching the "agonies," but could have made it in microspikes. Greenleaf Trail above treeline was mostly firm hardpack, though there were some patches of ice, and quite a few sections of exposed rock. Franconia Ridge was a mixed bag. Lots of exposed rock, quite a bit of hardpack, sporadic patches of ice, and drifted in sections where the scrub is high. I wore crampons for most of the ridge, but took them off when descending from Lincoln to Little Haystack, as this section was mostly bare rock. The Falling Water Trail was well packed. Microspikes would have been helpful in a few spots, but I didn't bother to put them on.  
Name
Name: ThomasC 
E-Mail
E-Mail: tcarlile at gmail 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-01-24 
Link
Link: https://peakpursuits.blogspot.com/2013/01/lafayette-and-lincoln-19-january-2013.html 
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