Trails Used
Pine Bend Brook Trail and Mt. Tripyramid Trail
Trail Conditions
Equipment
Notes
Such nice conditions. Based on the trail conditions I experienced yesterday our crew opted to leave the snowshoes in the car and were quite happy with our choice. Spikes/Hillsound Pros were used by all of us. David did use crampons for the descent from Middle to the flatter portion of Pine Bend Brook trail for added traction. There are areas of bare ground, interspersed with come granular ice and snow but much of the trail is nicely packed snow. There are a few areas with blue ice but we managed to work around those. No issues with our traction for the steeps either ascending or descending and no bum touches. Conditions were fast and just really great. This crew was stellar in every way and we were well fueled by our favorite sponsor.
Parking
We all parked on the side of the road. Things were clear enough to fully get off the asphalt and there was plenty of room on both sides of the road.
Water Crossings
All of them were open but were easy rock hops.
Wildlife
Still in Hell