| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Liberty, Mt. Flume, Little Haystack Mountain, Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lafayette, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Whitehouse Trail, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Greenleaf Trail, bike path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, June 8, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lots of space at Flume Gorge Visitor Center |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The crossing on Liberty Springs was shockingly easy after all the recent rain. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Decent amount of blowdowns on the ridge between Liberty Springs Trail and Little Haystack. They are building a new bridge over the bog by Greenleaf Hut. In the meanwhile there’s a board or two and a few rocks to get across. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Lots of happy puppers out today. |
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 | Bugs: |
Amazingly the only significant bugs we encountered were black fly swarms on Flume summit. Zero bites all day with no bug nets or bug spray! |
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 | Comments: |
Beautiful day for a Franconia Ridge picnic with the kiddo. We stashed bikes in Tram lot by bike path and started hike from flume gorge lot. Only saw a few hikers and about a dozen single-day pemi loopers until we reached Haystack. From there to the hut it was conga line conditions, expected! The haze was intense and I felt the poor air quality on the climbs-was having a tough time with my breathing which had never happened before. Trails were not nearly as wet as expected, with the exception of Greenleaf below the hut. Had a delightful, mostly downhill bike ride back to the truck. We rang our bicycle bells at everyone we passed and got lots of smiles:) Ended up around 12 miles and 5500’ vert with a five mile joyride at the end. After five years of hiking Margaret was finally bestowed her trail name of “Badass”. Well deserved in my opinion! |
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 | Name: |
Spence, Margaret |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-06-08 |
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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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