| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bike path, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 10, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
parked at the Basin lot on the 93 northbound side ... enough room for 15-20 cars ... if it's full you could park on the Basin lot on the southbound side, adds a half mile round trip walk on the bike path |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
water crossings were well covered by snow bridges, easy walk over |
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 | Lost and Found: |
found a dark gray wool hat half way up Liberty Spring Trail, carried it down and hung it on the "bike path" sign in the northbound Basin lot |
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 | Comments: |
trails had a solid hard packed snow base (if you step off trail, you'd posthole without snowshoes) ... easily barebooted most of the day because sun and warm temps made the fresh inch of snow on the surface sticky, making it a pita to repeatedly shake "softballs" of snow off the bottom of microspikes or snowshoes ...
bareboots were fine up over Liberty to Flume and back ... wore microspikes for a half mile up high, but they were cumbersome with snow sticking underfoot ... carried snowshoes for no apparent reason ...
two hikers buttslid down the upper mile of Liberty Spring Trail, turning the trail into a sketchy ice luge that would frighten an Olympic Luge Team ... with warm temps and overnight freezes this week, hiking the upper mile of Liberty Spring Trail might require life insurance ... at least crampons and maybe an ice axe (which also helps you look cool in the summit pics) ...
followed the "shortcut" path hiking back down Liberty Spring Trail, near the switchback halfway down the lowest 0.6 mile section ... even that shortcut path was well-traveled enough to bareboot ... saves a half mile or so round-trip, if you hike that shortcut up and down ... you'll see evidence of foot travel where it leaves the bike (snowmobile in Winter) path halfway between Basin lot and Whitehouse Bridge junction ... shaves it down to a 9 mile Winter hike from the Basin lot ...
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 | Name: |
arm |
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 | E-Mail: |
winterhiker-gmall |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-03-11 |
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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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