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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Field, Mt. Willey, Mt. Tom, NH
Trails
Trails: Avalon Trail, Willey Range Trail, A-Z Trail, Mt. Tom Spur
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: We parked on the road in front of Crawford Station, no issues 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: The first and second crossings are a little "exciting" but still very very doable. After that its a cake, even the Crawford brook one was good 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Few blowdowns on WRT but nothing major. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: no dogs today 
Bugs
Bugs: No bugs 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Yaktrak on the sign @ RR crossing 
 
Comments
Comments: Our original plan was to go up either Kendron or Ethan Pond. We pulled into Kendron and it didn't look broke out. I walked about 100ft of it, it was solid from what I saw but with the 2" of fresh snow. Neither of us had done it in winter so we opted for a slightly more boring but more straight forward route - Crawford Station. All trails in great shape. We laid fresh tracks on Avalon on the way up, passed by a disgruntled snowshoer as we didn't feel the need to don snowshoes for 2-3" of fresh pow.

There is some drifting on WRT between F & W but nothing too bad.

Spikes are plenty good right now. Very few postholes. Quite refreshing from postholio yesterday on the hancocks  
Name
Name: The Teal Goat & Olive Oyl 
E-Mail
E-Mail: sea2thebiscuit@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-12-25 
Link
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