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Trails Used
Pine Bend
Trail Conditions
Equipment
Notes
Bare booted until 3.5 miles in then put on spikes. The monorail was mostly stable but narrow between peaks. April conditions were good. Hike completed by 12:30.
Water Crossings
All water crossings were fine.
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Also on this trip
Trails Used
Pipeline XC Trail, Mt Tecumseh Trail, Sosman Trail, Livermore Road, Scaur Trail, Pine Bend Trail, Mt Tripyramid Trail
Trail Conditions
Equipment
Notes
A mix of conditions all day. Mt Tecumseh started out mostly bare ground and wet. Above freezing last night and all day, so rocks were not icy. Solid snow in the morning with no post-holing all the way to the summit. A little ice near the summit and by the ski trail viewpoint. Next, went up Livermore Rd which had a thin base of slushy snow with open patches of bare ground. Bare boot or rock spikes fine here. Ungroomed section had some deeper snow but not worth bringing snowshoes for. Completely bare ground at turnoff to Scaur Tr and up about a quarter mile. Patches of snow and ice further up. Then supportive and unsupportive snow up to Pine Bend and the summits. The most unstable area was between the Tripyramid peaks. Post-holed a few times. Tricky ice sections in places. Snow was more unstable on the way down, which should be expected until a solid freeze next week. Long day out but weather was pleasantly warm for early April.
Parking
Parked at Livermore Rd Trailhead. WMFS parking fee or pass.
Water Crossings
Rock hopping
Wildlife
none yet
Trails Used
Livermore Trail, Bushwhack
Trail Conditions
Equipment
Notes
Groomed Livermore Trail (2.2 miles) was closed by WV Nordic Center with ice and thin hardpacked snow. Mount Tripyramid Trail was lumpy and crusty. Solo snowshoer completed extensive bushwhacking through open hardwoods and old logging roads in Cold Brook drainage. Encountered two old slides (1869 South Slide and 1885 South Slide). Solid snowpack from thaw-freeze cycles provided excellent snowshoeing conditions, particularly through open maple glades and on slides with crusty snow providing good grip.
Parking
Livermore trailhead in Waterville Valley
Water Crossings
Rock-hop across Avalanche Brook, crossed Cold Brook on mossy rocks, crossed tributary brooks
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