| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Mansfield - The Chin, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Long Trail, Profanity Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 2, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking along the side of the road near the gate - Mountain Road is closed for the season. This adds about 0.3 miles to get from the lot to the trail. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
There are a couple of crossings that are still open water but easily crossed. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One blowdown across the trail right near the beginning. Easy to walk around but blocking the trail. |
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 | Comments: |
Made the decision late last night to hike this one - had been watching the weather and seemed like everything further south was going to be sloppy. I put snowshoes on at the car and kept them on all day - wanted to use the heel lifts on the ascent and the traction on the descent. Pretty straightforward on the Long Trail up to the Taft Lodge. Plenty of ski tracks crisscrossing the trail but the trail is fairly obvious. The Profanity Trail was less obvious. There were some faint foot prints here and there but pretty much everything was blown in. While you could get away with spikes below the lodge, snowshoes are needed between the lodge and the ridge - knee deep in spots. I broke it out the best I could but most of my own prints were gone when I came down. I made one mistake that I quickly corrected - about a 1/3 of the way from the lodge there is an apparent trail to the left below a smallish rock column (don’t be fooled like I was) but the actual trail goes to the right behind it. Easy to remember - if ever faced with a choice to go around a small rock column, choose right and head towards the bid rock column. Most of my prints on the lower section were filled in too. |
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 | Name: |
Michael & Monica |
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 | E-Mail: |
michaelfblair@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-01-02 |
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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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