| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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East Osceola, Mt. Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 3, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Didn't attempt to pull into lot at trailhead (I've been stuck there twice before in the winter). I went past it and parked closer to hairpin turn at pullover area that was plowed-there at 6am. Others that came after me parked before trailhead at pullover (nobody was in actual lot). |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All fine, bridged-partial bridged or step-over small streams |
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 | Comments: |
Parked off road in pullover, wore snowshoes from start and for both summits and the backtrack but switched to crampons for the descent for East. The trail is packed-so spikes would be fine I'm sure. I prefer the shoes for the heel-lifts for the steeps, soft snow, and for whatever drifting between summits. I was the first on the trail this morning but saw about 8 on my exit coming in (wearing spikes/snowshoes). East has a few areas with ice exposed on steeps (from butt slides I'm sure) that made it a bit sketchy, which is why I chose the crampons for my descent. The chimney bypass was fine-the bypass of the bypass is a little messy-in the trees/branches and the rest of the trail is fine and in decent shape. |
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 | Name: |
Pickles |
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 | E-Mail: |
rebeccasmithphotography@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-01-03 |
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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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