Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Wilson, Breadloaf Mountain, VT |
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| Trails: |
Forest Road 55, Clark Brook Trail, Long Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 27, 2013 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Road (USFS 55) snow covered and used by snowmobiles. My Elantra made it up to Forest road 50. Chose to walk the final 0.6 to the trail head. Tire tracks did go up all the way (looked like 4wd). Room for a few cars just before the summer parking |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Well bridged |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Clark Brook Taial apears newly blazed. Lots of blowdown (some recent) on LT |
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| Comments: |
Clark Brook trail was well broken out and easy to follow. The long trail on the other hand was extremely drifted over and very hard to follow in places. Blowdowns made route finding even more difficult. In many places on the ridge there are so many openings that the trail is very hard to decipher. By carefully picking out cut branches I was eventually able to find my way. The hardest spot was just past the summit of Wilson. If you are up there before my tracks fill in, you will see that I was all over the place looking for the trail. The Emily proctor trail was not broken out. |
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| Name: |
zporter |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-01-27 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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