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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Stratton Pond, VT
Trails
Trails: VAST Trail 7, VAST Trail 7A, local trail, Long Trail, Old Rootville Road
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, March 5, 2021
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: No parking at North Brookwood Road but dropoff/pickup okay per Catamount Trail Association. Parking for 4 vehicles at bottom of Old Rootville Road. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Even though it’s in designated Wilderness, Winhall River crossing has a lovely bridge. There was so much snow on it that the railing was ankle high. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Usual blowdown for this time of year 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Connected to Long Trail via a local trail off North Brookwood Road and VAST Snowmobile Trails 7A and 7. Snowshoes once on the LT. Looked like no one had been on LT north of Stratton Pond for a long time. Trail breaking was easy peasy - I sank in only 2-4” the entire solitary ~7 miles to the William B. Douglas Shelter junction, where Fancypants met me. We continued on the LT, which is also a groomed snowmobile trail here, to Prospect Rock and down Old Rootville Road.

Sections of LT in open hardwoods are hard to follow. GPS used a few times in order to stay on trail.  
Name
Name: Snowflea 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2021-03-07 
Link
Link: https:// 
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