| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lincoln, Little Haystack Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Old Bridle Path, Greenleaf Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Falling Waters Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty, and plowed |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All are bridged by enough ice and snow on falling waters trail |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns but overall very good condition for winter |
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 | Comments: |
I wanted to get two more peaks on my winter list and knew I needed to be back to my truck by 12:15pm. I started hiking at 6:45am and got back to my truck by 11:30am-45 minutes of cushion! The OBP was in great condition and I used microspikes until the treeline. Then I switched to snowshoes for the above treeline ridgewalk. The wind must have been blowing 30-50mph from the Northwest on northern-facing slopes, and the temperature was only 5 degrees F. However, there were breaks from the wind on southern and eastern slopes above the treeline. I was glad I went clockwise so that the worst wind was at my back for most of the ridge hike. The Falling Waters trail had not seen as much hiker traffic as OBP
, so I kept the snowshoes on the rest of the hike down. Overall, it was one the most sunny days of this winter! |
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 | Name: |
DANIEL BATTIN |
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 | E-Mail: |
DANIELDBATTIN@YAHOO.COM |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-03-20 |
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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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