| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Bondcliff, Mt. Bond, Mt. Guyot, South Twin Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lincoln Woods Trail, Bondcliff Trail, Twinway, Garfield Ridge Trail, Gale River Trail, Gale River Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 9, 2025 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Rivers and streams are still mostly cross-able on ice, but give it a few more days of warm temps and they'll be back to rock hopping with water running high |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Some blowdowns on Twinway, nothing crazy |
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 | Comments: |
Linclon woods to Bond we were 100% in microspikes. The trail up to Bondcliff is well packed out. Past Bond things got a bit drifty and we switched to snowshoes below treeline. Both above treeline sections on Bondcliff-> Bond and Guyot were blown nearly bare with some packed snow and ice and lots of exposed rock. Careful barebooting or spikes was sufficient, not enough ice for crampons.
Nav past the ridge on bondcliff got a bit rough. We misnaved a fair bit (sorry in advance if you follow our tracks). Twinway was equally rough to nav with no discernible trail under the snow. It's windy and drifty up there so our tracks likely won't last long. Someone did the whole loop Monday and her tracks were already entirely gone on the twinway and between guyot and bonds.
Everything past N twin was very well packed out and had great buttsledding. We didn't take it but the Garfield ridge trail from Garfield to galehead looked moderately well packed out.
Lincoln woods and the road walk at gale river are both fairly ice and best with spikes (would not be a fun xc ski) |
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 | Name: |
Salamander |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-03-10 |
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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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