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Date of Hike: Sat., Feb. 4, 2012 Trails: Livermore Tr., Scaur Ridge Tr., Pine Bend Brook Tr., Mt. Tripyramid Tr. Conditions: Livermore Rd. was groomed to bridge for skiers. From the bridge up to the jct. of the Scaur Ridge Tr., it was a bumpy ride. Hard packed crusty snow with frozen boot...

Date of Hike: Fri., 3 Feb 2012 Trails: Mt. Tecumseh Tr. from Waterville Valley Ski Area Conditions: Trail in excellent shape. No blow-downs. Major water crossings are all frozen over. Trail was hard packed all the way to the summit. We carried snowshoes, but only used our hillsounds and...

Date of Hike: Sat. Jan. 28, 2012 Trails: Old trail portion, Stony Brook Trail Conditions: Several inches of new crusted over snow down low with increasing depths the higher one got, to about 5 to 6 inches of new power on the ridge and summit. Some places had about a 1/2 inch of crust on top of...

Date of Hike: Sat., Jan. 21, 2012 Trail: Kinsman Ridge Trail Conditions: There was about 10 to 12" of new powder. We wore our snowshoes from car to car and broke out the trail behind one bare booter all the way to the summit (met up with him later as he was skiing the glades). We played...

Date of Hike: Wed., Jan. 11, 2012 Trail: Dicey's Mill Conditions: Down low in the flats, the trail had a lot of bare stretches, with icy patches. By the time I got to the Tom Wiggen Trail Jct., the trail was all continuous ice. The crossing was running low. I opted for the birch tree to cross...

Date of Hike: Mon., Jan 9, 2012 Trails: Bike Path, Bushwhack, Liberty Springs, Franconia Ridge Conditions: Snow packed side walk all the way to Flume. Some minor ice patches down low, but everything was hard packed with excellent footing for our Hillsounds. The track was very fast today...

Date of Hike: Sat., Jan 7, 2012 Trails: Sawyer River Rd, Bushwhack, Signal Ridge Trail Conditions: The road walk was icy with a layer of snow on top. We whacked around the first crossing. The next crossing was running low with open water and easy to get across. Snow depths increased with...

Date of Hike: Mon., Jan 2, 2012 Trails: Webster/Jackson Trail Conditions: Ice, Ice, and more Ice. Continuous flow ice all the way to the trail split jct. From the jct. to the summit, more ice, crusty and powdery snow. The crossings are mostly frozen over. Traction was the ticket. Hiker Ed wore...

Date of Hike: Mon. Dec. 26, 2011 Trails: Bike Path, Bushwhack, Liberty Springs Tr., Franconia Ridge Tr. Conditions: New fresh power. About 3" down low to about 6" higher up and across the ridge. The trail is starting to get filled in nicely. Some ice under the snow in places. The most ice was...

Date of Hike: Sat., Dec. 17, 2011 Trails: Livermore Tr., Scaur Ridge Tr., Pine Bend Bk. Tr., Mt. Tripyramid Tr. Conditions: A dusting of new snow down low to about 3" higher up and across the ridge. Trail was packed out nicely with our large group and others on the trail today. Micro Spikes...

Laura, I know what you mean about Jeff. One of the hardest to get to in Winter Conditions. bob

John, I just want to know who is really taking these fantastic photos? Is it you or June? bob

Date of Hike: Tue., Dec. 13, 2011 Trail: Kearsarge North Trail Conditions: Dry frozen ground, in good shape, to the Ledges. The Ledges had some ice, but easy to navigate around. Above the ledges and back into the woods, Hillsounds came on. Flow ice, heavy at times, all the way to the summit...

Date of Hike: Sat., Dec 10, 2011 Trails: Mt. Kinsman Tr., Kinsman Ridge Tr. Conditions: About 2" of snow in the parking lot to about 6+ inches on the ridge. Some ice mixed in with the snow in places. Up to Bald Knob Jct, it was wet and muddy in sections with minimal snow cover. The three...

Date of Hike: Mon., Dec 5, 2011 Trail: Ledges Trail Conditions: One long muddy stretch in the flats. The rest of the trail is dry and snow & Ice free. Eyeglasses found on the summit. I put them in the Map box at trailhead Kiosk. Wolfgang

Thanks to everyone for all your support on my final summit. What a beautiful day to finish on with such great friends. Great pictures from Becca and John. Again, thanks so much. bob

Great Job Ed, Congratulations. Glad to see that you changed your shorts.

Date of Hike: Sat., 19 Nov. 2011 Trails: Road Walk, Bushwhack Conditions: Ed Hawkins and I did a map and compass bushwhack from Nash Stream Rd. to Middle and South Whitcomb. There was some fresh snow from last night, about 1" down low to about 3" on the summits. We parked at the closed gate on...

Date of Hike: Wed., 16 Nov. 2011 Trail: Starr King Trail Conditions: Just some mud in a few of the usual spots. Mostly the trail was dry. No trace of any snow or ice. Two step-overs on the side hill traverse going up to Starr King. It was a very mild day with thickening clouds and the sound of...

Date of Hike: Sun. 13 Nov. 2011 Trails: North Twin Trail, N. Twin Spur, Twin Way, Frost Tr., Garfield Ridge, Gale River Trail Conditions: N. Twin Tr. was mostly wet with some mud to the steeps, where there was about 1" of snow with icy patches to the summit. We skirted the first two river...