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After a chilly start (-1 at 7:15 AM) the day warmed up nicely (29 at 3 PM) with deep blue skys at the begining and end of the day and only a few high clouds in between. Many thanks to the hikers who had gone before me. Right now there is a beautiful snowshoe track up Marshall. There is still...

Trail Conditions: The trails were in excellent shape with a good firm base. I used bare boots to and from Marcy Dam; snowshoes worked for everything else. One half inch new snow at Marcy Dam, 2" at Lake Arnold and Lake Tear, maybe 4" just below tree line on Van Hoevenberg Trail. The trail...

Trail Conditions: Bomb proof crust in snowshoe path; bare booted it to about 1.5 mi. beyond JBL then after falling went to crampons. I stayed in crampons until I was back at the JBL. Just a dusting of new snow up high. Iced trees across the trail mostly above Slant Rock hampered progress...

Trail Conditions: From Upper Works to the Calamity Brook trail junction (0.4) the trail was well broken; the Indian Pass trail to the trail to Duck Hole (1.5) was broken by skiers; the trail to Duck Hole was unbroken (6"-8" unconsolidated snow on top of a soft crust. More powder with elevation...