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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks East Osceola, Mt. Osceola, NH
Trails
Trails: Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, January 16, 2022
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Spaces facing road full at 8:30 a.m. We had 5 cars with our group so we filled the other side by parallel parking 4 cars and 1 used the overflow lot a few tenths of a mile down the road toward Lincoln. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction, Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Bridged over with some melting 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: one blowdown on the chimney bypass to the bypass  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Had a small shih-tzu with us that did just fine. Passed a few mid-to large size dogs along the way, all seemed fine on the steeps. 
Bugs
Bugs: Nope 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Lost a pink knit beanie 
 
Comments
Comments: Half our group wore spikes and the others crampons. A few of us brought ice axes for the steeps and the chimney. Only one of us with a real ice climbing axe successfully climbed the chimney--a solid ice fall. There are 2 ways to bypass the chimney.

Spikes seemed okay on the way up but crampons recommended for solid footing. Snow was hard packed with patches of ice and ice bulges around rocky outcroppings. Definitely felt more stable using crampons on the way down. Temps were in the single digits at start and warmed to the teens but thanks to 2 days of frigid weather, the trail was really a mix of hard pack and ice and had an extra layer of loose powder towards the peaks.

It had been a while since I'd done these peaks. I'd forgotten how steep they were especially in the stretch toward East Osceola.  
Name
Name: Annaliza 
E-Mail
E-Mail: annaliza.hikes@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2022-01-16 
Link
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