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Date of Hike: Tue. Dec. 7, 2010 Trails: 19 Mile Brook Tr., Carter Dome Tr., Carter Moriah Tr., N. Carter Tr., Imp Tr., Joe Dodge cutoff. About 1" of snow with some ice on 19 Mile Brook Tr. to the jct. of the N. Carter Tr. North Carter Trail had about 2" of snow and ice to Zeta Pass. C-M trail...

Date of hike: 12-05-2010 Trails: Greeley Pond Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail Lots of ice, not much snow, more snow between the peaks. Flowing ice on the steeps and the slide made for some tricky footing. Traction is a must. We wore Hillsound Spikes and Micro-Spikes going up, which worked fine...

Date of Hike: Fri. 12-03-2010 Trails: Zealand Rd., Zealand Falls Tr., Twinway Condtions; Road walk had a thin layer of packed snow with icy patches. Zealand Falls Trail had bare ground, ice, and packed snow. Twinway had lots of ice all the way to Zealand. The scrambles around the ladder were...

Date of Hike: Thur. 12-02-2010 Trail: Garfield Trail (Gale river loop road is still open - Construction vehicles are using it for the bridge repair) Conditions: A dusting of snow to about 2" at the jct. with the Garfield Ridge Trail. Water crossings were easy with wet boots. Running water...

Date of Hike: Thur. Nov. 18, 2010 Trails: Kearsarge North Trail Conditions: Mostly dry to the ledges. The ledges wet and slippery in places, but easy to find dry footing. Above the ledges, wet icy roots and icy rocks, but easy to avoid if careful. Several minor blowdowns. Very windy at the...

Date of Hike: Fri. Nov. 12, 2010 Trails: Blueberry Ledges Trail, Rollins Trail, and Dicey's Mill Trail One crawl under blowdown on the Blueberry Ledges Tr. not too far in. Ledges in good shape, dry with no ice. The Rollins Tr. had patches of ice, but easy to avoid, with not very many...

Date of Hike: Wed. Nov. 10, 2010 Trails: Bike path bushwhack, Liberty Springs Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail Parked at the Basin and took the bushwhack to the Liberty Springs Trail. Some mud down low with easy water crossings. Spotty ice and packed snow showed up at 3700 ft. Liberty summit bare...

Date of Hike: Wed. Nov. 3, 2010 Trails: Jewell Trail, Gulfside Trail, Crawford Path. Conditions: Trace snow down low to a foot on the Range from Washington to Eisenhower. Deeper knee deep drifts in places. Not too much ice to worry about. Special Equipment: Full winter gear. We wore spikes...

I have two pairs of Salomons. B-52s for -12 temps and Tundras, rated for -40 with light weight aerogel insulation. Both boots are light weight, warm, waterproof, and great fitting. Crampons and snowshoes work great with both pairs.

Date of Hike: Tue. Oct. 19, 2010 Trails: Livermore Trail from Waterville Valley, North Slide, Pine Bend Brook, South Slide, Mt. Tripyramid Trail. Conditions: Livermore Trail bone dry. The north slide had a few patches of ice, but easy to get around, overall it was dry and in excellent shape...

Date of Hike: Sat. May 22, 2010 Trails: North Twin, North Twin Spur, Twinway, Frost Trail, Garfield Ridge, Gale River Trail North Twin Trail was dry with some wet and muddy areas. Bushwhacked around the first two crossings. The Third crossing was running a little high, but rock hoppable with...

Date of Hike: Thur. May 20, 2010 Trails: Lincoln Woods, Black Pond Bushwhack, Lincoln Brook, Owlshead Slide, Owlshead Path, Brutus Bushwhack. All trails are snow free. Only mud was on the Lincoln Brook Trail, but not bad. All trails were mostly dry. There were quite a few blowdowns, but...

Date of Hike: Thur. May 13, 2010 Trails: Old Bridle Path, Franconia Ridge, Falling Waters Up the OBP which was bare and dry to about 4000+ ft. Some rail for the last 1/2 mile to the hut. Rail was firm but icy. Bare boots with no problem. No blowdowns to speak of on the OBP. Franconia Ridge...

Date of Hike: Fri. May 7, 2010 Trails: Hancock Notch, Cedar Brook, Hancock Loop Trails mostly bare with small patches of snow to the Loop Jct. We went up the north trail. It was mostly bare with some patches of snow. No special traction required here. From the north peak and across the ridge...

Date of Hike: Wed May 5, 2010 Trails: Ammonoosuc Ravine, Crawford Path, Snowfields, Gulfside, Jewell Tr. We put our snowshoes on about a mile in on the Ammo Tr. Still lots of snow. The damage done by the Avy was amazing. It created a nice view of the gully though. Ammo trail in good shape all...

Date of Hike: Tue. May 4, 2010 Trails: Gorge Brook, Carriage Rd., Snapper Trail Ravine Rd. open. Bare ground to about 3500 ft. with a spattering of rail. Easy to walk beside. At 3900 ft. the snow line starts. The snow was firm this morning and postholing wasn't a problem. I did wear my spikes...

Date of Hike: Sat. May 1, 2010 Trails: Bike Path Bushwhack, Liberty Springs Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail. Trail bare and dry to about 2500 ft., where the remnants of the new snow started. The water crossings were low and easy. At about 3200 ft. the snow line started and the rail under the new...

Date of Hike: Sat. Apr. 24, 2010 Trails: Airline, Gulfside, Snowfields, Osgood, Valley Way Airline was bare ground to about 2500 ft. where intermittent snow and rail started. At about 3000 ft. on went the spikes. The snow pack was quite firm and frozen this morning. Durand Ridge was bare...

Date of Hike: Wed. Apr. 21, 2010 Trails: Bushwhack, N. Twin Tr., N. Twin Spur, Twinway, Frost Trail, Gale River Trail, Beaver Brook Ski Trail. Parked at end of Little River Rd. and took the path to the N. Twin Trailhead. Mostly bare ground to the third crossing on N. Twin Trail. Bushwhacked...

Date of Hike: Tue. Apr. 20, 2010 Trails: Gale River Rd., Garfield Trail We parked at the south end of the Gale River Rd. and walked the road to the trailhead. The road was dry. The first water crossing where the bridges are out was do-able with wet boots, but the rocks were very slippery. On...