| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Avalon, Mt. Field, Mt. Tom, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Avalon Trail, Willey Range Trail, Mt. Tom Spur, A-Z Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Slush, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Two crossings of Crawford Brook were tricky, but do-able without getting too wet. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many blowdowns and bendovers; Avalon Trail sign at jct with A-Z missing; Mt Avalon sign on broken tree just now emerging from snow. |
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 | Comments: |
There is no snow at the Highland Ctr, but snow begins as you enter the woods across the tracks. It alternates with mud and rocks until the second crossing of Crawford Brook at about 2500 ft. After that, the trail is all snow. It is soft, wet, slippery, easy to posthole. We donned snowshoes right after the second crossing and kept them on all day until we got back down to that point. The route is easy to lose in many places, but a common sense feeling for where the trail should be going will get you back onto it. The footing is tricky all the way because of soft, slippery conditions. If snowshoes are slipping downhill on the steepest downgrades of the A-Z it might be worth trying microspikes if you can carefully stay on the packed center of the trail. Some snowbridges are collapsed; the rest are sketchy. |
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 | Name: |
John Parsons |
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 | E-Mail: |
jparsons627@hotmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-04-06 |
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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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