| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Camel's Hump, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Burrows Trail, Long Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only a couple cars in the lot @5pm. Good mud season dirt roads driving skills needed |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All rock hops but a little tricky as all the snowbridges are gone and the snowpack is still well above a few crossings |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
N/A. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Bugs: |
N/A |
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 | Lost and Found: |
N/A |
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 | Comments: |
This trail is a mess below 2500' with mud, slush, running water, ice, and spring snow. It transitions to spring snow and unstable monorail at 2700' and becomes stable monorail at 3000'. Above here, there is unpleasant calf-deep postholing if you step off the monorail. Below 3000' the snow is too sticky for snowshoes to be useful as they would likely badly ball-up and I didn't want to find out so my snowshoes got a ride up and down the mountain. Snowshoes are also useless for the upper monorail as they are too wide/might still ball. The last section on the LT with the partial views had the narrowest monorail with nice deep dropoffs on each side; the summit rocks are bare of snow/ice. |
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 | Name: |
Heat Lightning |
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 | E-Mail: |
ecs@mountainlogworks.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-03-25 |
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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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