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ThomasC
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Trails: Blueberry Ledge Cutoff, Blueberry Ledge, Rollins, Dicey's Mill
Conditions: Blueberry Ledge Trail had a few inches of soft unconsolidated snow on top. I wore snowshoes, but J wore micro-spikes. I wore crampons for the ledges, J wore micro-spikes. I'm glad I wore the crampons, but J managed just fine with spikes. Based on tracks, at least one other person wore spikes, and one person wore snowshoes. The first half of Rollins Trail had quite a bit of unconsolidated snow, and a mess of postholes. We wore snowshoes, so hopefully it's a bit more packed out now. The second had a fairly nice snowshoe track, but was still soft under foot. Dicey's Mill was well packed from bottom to top. We wore snowshoes up to summit of Passaconaway, and down to brook crossing, which was easily crossable on the log spanning the brook.
Special Equipment: Light Traction, Snowshoes, Crampons not necessary, but I was glad I had them for the ledges.
Comments: Beautiful day out, but tiring on a poor night's rest.
Pics and Trip Report: http://peakpursuits.blogspot.com/2012/03/mounts-whiteface-and-passaconaway-10.html
Thomas C
tcarlile at gmail
Conditions: Blueberry Ledge Trail had a few inches of soft unconsolidated snow on top. I wore snowshoes, but J wore micro-spikes. I wore crampons for the ledges, J wore micro-spikes. I'm glad I wore the crampons, but J managed just fine with spikes. Based on tracks, at least one other person wore spikes, and one person wore snowshoes. The first half of Rollins Trail had quite a bit of unconsolidated snow, and a mess of postholes. We wore snowshoes, so hopefully it's a bit more packed out now. The second had a fairly nice snowshoe track, but was still soft under foot. Dicey's Mill was well packed from bottom to top. We wore snowshoes up to summit of Passaconaway, and down to brook crossing, which was easily crossable on the log spanning the brook.
Special Equipment: Light Traction, Snowshoes, Crampons not necessary, but I was glad I had them for the ledges.
Comments: Beautiful day out, but tiring on a poor night's rest.
Pics and Trip Report: http://peakpursuits.blogspot.com/2012/03/mounts-whiteface-and-passaconaway-10.html
Thomas C
tcarlile at gmail
