| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Mansfield (The Chin), Mt. Mansfield (Adams Apple), VT |
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 | Trails: |
Long Trail, Profanity Trail, bushwhack, Adam's Apple Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, January 30, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Park at road closure on rte. 108 just pasy stowe ski area. Adds 0.4 mi each way. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Goggles |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
One small open patch down low, otherwise the 2,500' crossing is frozen solid. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Good shape. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
To the Cabin sure,Above, not. |
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 | Comments: |
Broke out 4"-6" fluffy from last night. Snowshoes all day. Trail is easy to follow to Taft Lodge, despite mingling with snowboard tracks by this afternoon.
Sign for Profanity turnoff is still slightly exposed. Profanity trail becomes more difficult to find as you rise, just head for the gully that runs under the icicle-draped cliff line. Snow is deeply drifted in the gully and of variable consistency and layer makeup. I stayed left to minimize slide potential. MSR snowshoes w/ televators up were good. Needed goggles from here up, lots of airborne snow on moderate winds. Visibility was limited but acceptable, saw the valley floor for a minute before it closed in again. At the ridge crest, some very deep drifts alternating with icy rocks. Summit temp 6F, winds about 25mph.
Went back down Profanity and north across the "traverse", a rough ski/snowshoe track that runs under the Chin to Eagle Pass and the Adam's Apple (4,060') from here. Two minor spruce trap encounters later I found the still exposed sign at the Hell Brook/LT/Adam's Apple jct. and clambered up there on mostly icy rocks, once above the very drifted pass. More wind on the Apple than the Chin. Found new snowshoe tracks down the LT to the cabin and out, so that much is packed well.
No sign of a track to the Chin from Eagle Pass, but tracks drift in quickly up here. Saw no other hikers, but a few BC schussers from mid-mtn down. A fine day on the mountain. |
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 | Name: |
Drew Petersen |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-01-30 |
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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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