| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Flume, Mt. Liberty, Little Haystack Mountain, Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Truman, Mt. Lafayette, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Liberty Spring Trail, Flume Slide Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Greenleaf Trail, Old Bridle Path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We bike spotted at Falling Water/Old Bridle. One of the bathrooms is open, the other closed. We parked at the Basin (southbound), one bathroom is open, one closed. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The crossings on Flume Slide Trail were mostly easy rock hops. The first difficult one (second crossing) was definitely the trickiest. One of us crossed about 15 feet upstream and the other about 15 feet downstream. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The large sign on the summit of Lafayette is lying down. It doesn’t appear to be broken…the cairn that held it up seems to be dismantled. Blowdowns: TONS on Flume Slide and Franconia Ridge between Liberty and Little Haystack. Several are walk arounds with established herd paths. Old Bridle also had several blowdowns throughout with the largest one very close to the trailhead. It is a large pine that snapped off around 20’ up and fell lengthwise in the trail. A herd path has been established around it. |
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 | Comments: |
We were able to bareboot all the way up the steep parts of Flume Slide (to the spot where the trail turns to the left). Flume Slide Trail was mostly wet although there were some areas of packed snow/ice. They were avoidable or could be carefully negotiated using bare boots. After tuning off of the slide-y bit, we donned spikes until we gained the ridge. Approaching Flume’s summit, we removed the spikes as it was bare rock. From Flume to Liberty we wore spikes and were fine though things were starting to soften up. Liberty summit was bare rock. Leaving Liberty, we donned snowshoes and kept them on until almost up to the summit of Little Haystack. I recommend snowshoes for this section…it was very soft with minimal monorail and it was getting sloppy in the warm temps. From Little Haystack to Lafayette and most of the way down to the hut we barebooted. Just small patches of snow. Beneath the hut, we did the spikes on/spikes off thing a few times. Once on Agony Ridge we were able to carefully bareboot all the way out. |
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 | Name: |
WanderingSoules |
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 | E-Mail: |
soules@writeme.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-04-29 |
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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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