Recent content by Mtndoc4

Started at the Berlin Fish Hatchery. Monorail firm but soft sloppy snow w numerous postholes lining the trail. We wore yaks and microspikes for 3.0 miles until we reached the Kilkenney Trail. Put on our snowshoes for the hike up. Much less postholing w the snowshoes. Trail firmed up as we...

Sat, 4/5. Skied in from the Zealand parking lot via the Spruce Goose trail. Snow was getting very soft even by 9am. Back country skis fell through a few times as I approached the Mt Hale Trail intersection. Hike up Hale required snowshoes. Super sketch section where snowdrifts covered up...

Super steep ascent 2,000 ft in 1.5 miles to the Beaver Brook shelter (gorgeous overview). Icy w a bit of powder. We yak trax'd it with some slipping, microspikes ideal. Once at the trail to Moosilauke the trail evens out and 3-4 inches of fresh powder. Snowshoes not necessary, we jogged along...