| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lincoln Woods Trail, Osseo Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 17, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of room at Lincoln Woods both when I started the hike and when I finished it. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
No issues- the Osseo Trail was easy to follow, even when breaking trail for the last 3/4 mile or so. |
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 | Comments: |
Lincoln Woods was well packed out from hikers, walkers, and skiers. I wore light traction on LW, then switched to snowshoes at the start of the Osseo Trail, which was broken out only with a single set of snowshoe tracks up until near the top of the last stair section. At that point, I passed the person who made those tracks and broke out the rest of the trail to the summit of Flume. About a few inches of fresh powder down low on Osseo, with about 6 inches or so higher up; some snow drifts got up to about waist-depth (I'm 6'2" with boots and snowshoes, for reference). All of the fresh snow covered a crusty base of varying depth.
There were light snow showers with little to no wind for most of the ascent, but the summit area of Flume was a different story- whiteout conditions with subzero temps and wind chills. On the second half of the descent, the snowfall stopped and the sky started to become partly cloudy, which was a little jarring considering what I had hiked in not too long before. Snowshoes are an absolute must if attempting Flume via the Osseo Trail in the next few days!
35/48 on the Winter 48 is in the books! |
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 | Name: |
Spencer |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-02-17 |
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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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