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Not worth the time and money staying at the hut for an early start. You'll only save an hour of hiking time from the trailhead. There's always a place to park. People coming and going all the time. Guyot a better bet.

Date of Hike: Wed May 2, 2012 Trails: Osceola Trail from Tripoli Rd. Conditions: Lots of standing and running water in places on the ascent of Osceola. Some ice close to the top in short sections. Can be avoided with caution. I wore spikes for this section. The trail over to the East Peak was...

Date of Hike: Wed., May 2, 2012 Trails: Tecumseh Trail from the ski area Conditions: Trails are all clear of snow and ice (a few minor patches will be gone in another day). Some minor muddy areas. Trail in good shape. One large blowdown on the Sosman approach to the summit. Some limbing has...

Date of Hike: Tue., Apr. 17, 2012 Trails: Blueberry Ledge Tr., Rollins Tr. Conditions: Bare dry ground mostly all the way to the ridge, with some minor avoidable ice near the top of the ledge steeps. From the view to the summit, along the Rollins, a mixture of bare rock, ribbon of ice, and...

Date of Hike: Mon. Apr. 9, 2012 Trails: Starr King Tr. Conditions: Today it was raining down low and snow/sleet at the higher elevations. The trail was bare, wet, and a little muddy until about half way up through the Hardwoods. From there, and until the turn for the traverse, there was about...

Date of Hike: Fri., Mar. 30, 2012 Trails: 19 Mile Brook Tr., Wildcat Ridge Tr., Polecat Ski Tr. Conditions: 1" to 2" of fresh powder this morning. All trails were hardpacked and solid. 19 Mile Brook trail could be bare booted. One crossing on 19 mbt, that was washed out, had a plank across...

Date of Hike: Tue., Mar. 27, 2012 Trails: Rocky Branch, Bushwhack, Isolation Tr., Davis Path Conditions: Mostly dry bare ground with a dusting of new snow and small ice patches to about 2900ft. The stretch up to Engine Hill Height of land had a little bit more hard packed snow. With the freeze...

Date of Hike: Wed., Mar. 21, 2012 Trails: Ledges Trail Conditions: No Snow or ice. Bare ground all the way to the summit. Some minor mud patches down low. Summer conditions today. Shorts, Tee, and Fanny Pack. Trail in great condition. Wolfgang

Date of Hike: Sat., Mar. 17, 2012 Trails: Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop Tr., Webster Cliff Tr. Conditions: Hard packed snow this morning on the Crawford Path to the Webster Cliff Tr. jct. From there to the jct. with the Eisenhower loop trail, it was a mixture of soft snow, rock, and soft ice...

Date of Hike: Thur., Mar. 15, 2012 Trails: Beaver Brook Ski Trail, Gale River Loop Rd., Gale River Trail, Frost Trail Conditions: Bare ground from Beaver Brook Rest Area to about 1/2 mile up the Gail River Tr. Patches of ice and crusty snow to the new trail re-route. Snow depth increases with...

Date of Hike: Mon., Mar. 12, 2012 Trails: Jewell Trail, Snow fields, Gulfside Trail Conditions: Nice hard packed conditions most of the way, with some glare ice, loose powder, and styrofoam on the Gulfside. Jewell trail was in good shape with a few scattered post holes (filled with snow fleas...

Date of Hike: Sat., Mar. 10, 2012 Trails: Stoney Brook Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail Conditions: I started from the old trail portion in the home plan, so I by-passed the first major crossing, but I'm sure it's snow-bridged over. The upper crossings have good snow-bridges. I wore Hillsounds car...

Date of Hike: Thur., Mar 8, 2012 Trails: Sawyer River Rd., Signal Ridge Trail. Conditions: Warm temps, sunshine, soft spring snow. First major crossing snow bridged over. Second crossing had low running water. Easy step across on rocks. One small duck-under on the side hill traverse. We wore...

Sabrina, Good show, Jolly good show. What a great way to finish. A great accomplishment, again Congrats. bob

Date of Hike: Wed., Feb. 29, 2012 Trails: Old Bridle Path, Greenleaf, Franconia Ridge, Falling Waters Conditions: Knowing that this post is a moot point, considering all the new snow we're getting, I'll just say that the trails will get even better after the storm. We had a large group...

Date of Hike: Tue., Feb. 21, 2012 Trails: Hancock Notch, Cedar Brook, Hancock Loop Trail Conditions: All trails were hard packed and solid with some minor drifting between the peaks. A few blow-downs along the way. All stream crossings were snow-bridged over. For the most part we used...

Date of Hike: Mon., Feb. 20, 2012 Trails: Ravine Rd., Gorge Brook Trail Conditions: Road walk was hard packed and easy. The trail was was firm with some loose snow on top. Some minor drifting in places up high. One duck-under after the second bridge. Summit cone was icy crusted snow and hard...

Date of Hike: Sat., Feb. 18, 2012 Trails: 19 Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail Conditions: 19 Mile Brook Tr. was a hard packed sidewalk with a dusting of snow. Carter Dome was pretty much the same with maybe 1" of fresh powder. Stream crossings were all snow-bridged over...

Date of Hike: Thur., Feb. 16, 2012 Trails: Falling Waters, Franconia Ridge, Greenleaf, Old Bridle Path Conditions: Falling waters trail was nicely packed all the way to Little Haystack. The ridge had a mixture of crusted snow, loose powder, and ice. I wore my Hillsounds up to Lincoln and then...

Date of Hike: Wed., Feb. 8, 2012 Trails: Zealand Rd., Hale Brook Trail Conditions: Zealand Rd. walk was hard packed snow. No ice to speak of. Easy bare-boot walking on snowmobile tracks. Hale brook was consolidated with a firm base. About 1" of fresh powder covering bare boot track. Stream...