Ed'n Lauky
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The first two water crossing are open but fairly easily crossed. The third has a snow bridge that was fairly substantial. The trail was well consolidated. There were a few post holes on the edges of the trail but basically it was in good shape. Skiers and boarders have been using the trail on the steep section coming down out of the woods to pick up the trail and exiting at the spot where the short spur trail goes out to the slopes. This section has a lot of unconsolidated powder that is not deep but made it difficult to get traction with snowshoes. The Sosman trail over to the ski slopes had not been recently broken out.
Snowshoes will prevent postholes but the steep section might be more easily negotiated with crampons or stableicers. The mini sleds would work on long portions of this trail.
We met a solo hiker-boarder at the top. We only stayed at the top a few minutes then headed down at a pretty good clip. At the point where the trail touches the slopes we continued down the slopes. We must have made pretty good time because we arrived at the bottom at almost the same time as the snow boarder we had met at the top.
Snowshoes will prevent postholes but the steep section might be more easily negotiated with crampons or stableicers. The mini sleds would work on long portions of this trail.
We met a solo hiker-boarder at the top. We only stayed at the top a few minutes then headed down at a pretty good clip. At the point where the trail touches the slopes we continued down the slopes. We must have made pretty good time because we arrived at the bottom at almost the same time as the snow boarder we had met at the top.
