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Jackson & Webster, 1/28/17
Up Webster-Jackson Trail to Jackson, down via Webster Cliff Trail thence Saco River/ Sam Willey Trails. Random Group of Hikers, party of 7.
About 4" minimally tracked fresh powder atop a firm trough on lower portions of ascent with increasingly deeper drifts of 1 foot or more below the summit of Jackson. We passed several other groups on the ascent. Webster Cliff was in similar condition from Jackson to Webster summit. Thence south it was untracked about 2/3 of the way across the cliffs until we started finding postholes left by ice climbers descending trails on foot. These increased with frequency. Lower portions alternately powder or powder atop breakable crust. Saco/ Sam Willy was minimally tracked. Flurries and winds in the 30mph range on the higher cliffs and summits. Expecting some of our tracks to get filled in. Not much ice showing. We used snowshoes the entire day--it was the right tool.
Shoeless Paul
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photos pending: https://www.meetup.com/rndmhkrs/events/237080859/
Up Webster-Jackson Trail to Jackson, down via Webster Cliff Trail thence Saco River/ Sam Willey Trails. Random Group of Hikers, party of 7.
About 4" minimally tracked fresh powder atop a firm trough on lower portions of ascent with increasingly deeper drifts of 1 foot or more below the summit of Jackson. We passed several other groups on the ascent. Webster Cliff was in similar condition from Jackson to Webster summit. Thence south it was untracked about 2/3 of the way across the cliffs until we started finding postholes left by ice climbers descending trails on foot. These increased with frequency. Lower portions alternately powder or powder atop breakable crust. Saco/ Sam Willy was minimally tracked. Flurries and winds in the 30mph range on the higher cliffs and summits. Expecting some of our tracks to get filled in. Not much ice showing. We used snowshoes the entire day--it was the right tool.
Shoeless Paul
[email protected]
photos pending: https://www.meetup.com/rndmhkrs/events/237080859/
