| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Burke Mountain, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Red Trail, Summit Trail, ski trails |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 20, 2011 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Good parking at the bottom ski area lot, right next to the trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Nothing significant as far as I could tell. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
First .6 is on a snowmobile trail, the last portion is near the ski area. |
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 | Comments: |
First portion of the Red Trail was a well packed snowmobile trail. At height of land, Red Trail departed snowmobile trail (small sign). Fairly well blazed upon crossing Connector Trail. Unfortunately, also very bad postholed for almost a mile until the Northeast Kingdom Postholing Champion ended his training run. Above there, light trail breaking up to the shelter. Red Trail continues on the side of the shelter - easy to miss (and instead go straigh onto blue blazed trail to west peak). Lots of skier traffic from there up to the Summit Trail junction. No recent traffic on Summit Trail (ducked off it a few times due to low branches). Superb views from the fire tower, including Presidentials, Franconias, etc. Took ski trails down in the interest of time and avoiding posthole city. |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21 at franklinwebpublishing dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-02-20 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/Vermont/burkemtn-2011-0220.php |
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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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