| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Little Haystack Mountain, Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lafayette, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Falling Waters Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Greenleaf Trail, Old Bridle Path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Right side of the lot was plowed. My monster truck mazda 3 had no issues. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Crossings were bridged but showing some signs of wear. The first crossing looked like someone might have gotten a little wet. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails are in pretty good shape. One blowdown coming down OBP that is a straddle over, and another in trail that people have been walking around. I still think Greenleaf Trail could use a large cairn at that sharp turn a little below the summit (near the rock bulge). Sounded like a few people in front of us today might have wandered off to the right a bit before they checked their app and got back on track. Easy to miss in poor visibility. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw one heading up to Lafayette, seemed pretty happy. |
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 | Bugs: |
Nada |
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 | Lost and Found: |
NA |
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 | Comments: |
Fun day out there guiding a guest for Redline. The snow flurries that weren't supposed to accumulate yesterday evening definitely did. Probably 5 inches of powder down low and some decent drifts up top. We wore snowshoes up to Little Haystack, spikes across the ridge and down to the hut. Snowshoes back down OBP (in reality we could have put them on above the hut once we hit the krummholz). Might want to wear your rockspikes its pretty windblown up top where it isn't drifted. Tough call though as there are a few icy spots and then the drifts. Just no easy one size fits all approach. Beautiful day down low but the ridgeline never made it out of the clouds. We got snowed on, blown on, garbage visibility, all the good stuff. **Stay to the left on the first snowbridge, it looked like someone went through on the far side of the crossing. |
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 | Name: |
mmace724 |
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 | E-Mail: |
mikeymace@hotmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-03-02 |
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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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