The Feathered Hat
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Trails: Imp Loop (up north branch, down south branch), North Carter, Carter-Moriah.
Conditions: Dry trail, muddy trail, patchy snow, full snow, soft snow, ice -- the full April complement. Several blowdowns, but all save one are easily negotiated. The one that isn't is just high enough to make climbing over it a minor chore.
Equipment: Traction above 2,200-2,400 feet. Above Imp Face I switched from Microspikes to snowshoes after becoming frustrated with postholing deeply several times, and I kept them on for the rest of the climb to the summit and for the descent down to 2,600 feet. Wore the Microspikes for a short time on the descent, then barebooted from 2,400 feet to the bottom.
Comments: Lots of mud on the long, flat 1.5-mile stretch at the bottom of the south branch of Imp Loop. Snow very choppy and weak where the south branch parallels and is sometimes on top of Cowboy Brook.
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Steve B
The Feathered Hat
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Conditions: Dry trail, muddy trail, patchy snow, full snow, soft snow, ice -- the full April complement. Several blowdowns, but all save one are easily negotiated. The one that isn't is just high enough to make climbing over it a minor chore.
Equipment: Traction above 2,200-2,400 feet. Above Imp Face I switched from Microspikes to snowshoes after becoming frustrated with postholing deeply several times, and I kept them on for the rest of the climb to the summit and for the descent down to 2,600 feet. Wore the Microspikes for a short time on the descent, then barebooted from 2,400 feet to the bottom.
Comments: Lots of mud on the long, flat 1.5-mile stretch at the bottom of the south branch of Imp Loop. Snow very choppy and weak where the south branch parallels and is sometimes on top of Cowboy Brook.
More in Trip Reports.
Steve B
The Feathered Hat
[email protected]
