| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bike path, herd path, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at basin lot, one other car at 7am. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The main water crossing took a bit of thought and water proof boots. Rocks covered with ice and fairly high water level. Some used a large log upstream, horseback style. But stepping in shallow water and rocks a few inches under the current to avoid ice worked fine. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blow downs across the trail, one has had all branches taken off so easy step over, |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Did not see any today. Trail is maybe a bit icy, but plenty of room on the trails for fourpaws to find a safe way. |
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 | Bugs: |
Nope |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Green Hat in a tree up in liberty. |
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 | Comments: |
Barefooted up to the first sign before the tent site. Some ice but avoidable. From sign up used microspikes, lots of flowing solid hard ice, and mostly ice coverage so no need to keep switching. Between liberty and flume mostly hard snow and ice, a few tricky spots going down. On the way back a number of us used crampons going up from the col bottom back up liberty, just for practice. It warmed up so we had some water flowing over the ice on way down. Overall a mild condition first “winter” hike to start the season off. |
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 | Name: |
Geoff |
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 | E-Mail: |
Geoffreykaiser@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-12-24 |
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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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