alexmtn
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Bigelow (Avery and West peaks) - 1/25/2014
Trail Conditions: Packed powder atop flowing ice. Occasional snow drifts with pretty solid crust. Several soft/deep drifts on the summit approaches. Temps around zero with winds ~20mph, partly sunny and hazy. Water crossings all either frozen over or easy.
Special Equipment Required: Light traction helpful on Stratton Brook Pond Rd, then necessary after the first mile of trail. Crampons essential for the steep mile up to the ridge. Mountaineering snowshoes could also work, but not easily. Snowshoes or crampons essential up Avery and West.
A great time to visit these peaks with minimal trail breaking.
alexmtn
Trail Conditions: Packed powder atop flowing ice. Occasional snow drifts with pretty solid crust. Several soft/deep drifts on the summit approaches. Temps around zero with winds ~20mph, partly sunny and hazy. Water crossings all either frozen over or easy.
Special Equipment Required: Light traction helpful on Stratton Brook Pond Rd, then necessary after the first mile of trail. Crampons essential for the steep mile up to the ridge. Mountaineering snowshoes could also work, but not easily. Snowshoes or crampons essential up Avery and West.
A great time to visit these peaks with minimal trail breaking.
alexmtn