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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Madison, Mt. Adams, NH
Trails
Trails: Valley Way, Gulfside, Osgood Trail, Star Lake Trail, Airline
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, December 23, 2023
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Small Patches 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Tiny crossings, the biggest issue is that most of the rocks had thick layers of ice.  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Major blowdowns at the Valley Way Tentsite, also many blowdowns all along Airline once you're below treeline. All can be gone around 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: A very love/hate relationship with microspikes all up Valley Way, there was no correct time and also no wrong time to put them on. Large stretches of ice followed by large stretches on rocks with no ice.

Airline on the way down was a much easier decision: just keep the spikes on. Thick ice along most of the trail once you get below treeline. In hindsight it would've been best to remove my spikes roughly where Randolph Path crossed.  
Name
Name: Andrew C 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2023-12-23 
Link
Link: https:// 
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