| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Willey, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ethan Pond Trail, Willey Range Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 11, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plowed space for a few cars at the AT crossing. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The small stream crossing at the beginning of WRT was an easy little rock hop. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
3 snow spiders (which we carefully snowshoed around) |
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 | Comments: |
Willey... just Willey. Good day to pick up this straggler which FP “needed†for his March grid.
Wore snowshoes car to car which were perfect for the conditions. With temps in the high 30s, snow in first (and last) half mile was sticky, then got much nicer and fluffier. Anywhere from 3-5†new snow atop a firm base. Ladders are completely buried. Trail is STEEP, but we encountered no ice, got excellent grip with our snowshoe crampons and had a blast buttsliding down. :D
We did meet two split boarders who had skinned up until the grade got really steep, then barebooted, so the upper half mile is chopped up pretty good but not deeply postholed. (They were planning to snowboard off the summit somehow.) O_O
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 | Name: |
Snowflea & Fancypants |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-03-11 |
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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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