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Six of us did this hike from the Ausable Club. We went in and out Beaver Meadow trail. There are three inches of snow along the road. The snow depth got progressively deeper as the col was approached with depths reaching two feet in places. The road is skiable. Most of the rungs on the...

Two of us did this hike from Elk Lake via the Macomb slide. Microspikes and snowshoes were used the entire day. The road is packed snow and appears to be quite skiable. The slide is also packed snow allowing for good footholds. The remainder of the trail is hard and well broken out. The...

Conditions definitely have improved since the prior posting of February 5th. Three of us did this hike. We used Microspikes from the register and back. There is ice along the early section of the Lake Road. The short trail also is icy. From the junction of the Gill Brook trail there is...

The trail to the col between Wright and Algonquin generally consists of ice with some loose snow covering it. There is also some mud, and several streams are open across the trail. Microspikes worked well to the col. From the col to the summit cone there is packed snow. The cone is almost...

Three of us did this via the Round Pond trail. There is significant ice over the first several hundred yards of the trail climbing up from Route 73. After that there is very little ice including along the section which parallels the slide. From the flat area after the climb from Route 73 to...

Six of us did this hike. The trail can be snowshoed the entire way. It is well packed and in good condition. There is very little ice. Snowshoes definitely are needed going over to Iroquois.

The gate is now locked. Two of us traveled in via Calkins Brook and out off Seward's north side to Ward Brook. Two others did the same hike the day before. The trail is easy to follow. There is no ice. The road to the summer lot can be walked without spikes. Snowshoes are helpful elsewhere...

Two of us did this hike. The route followed the Van Hovenberg trail to Marcy summit, continued over to Gray, down to Lake Tear, and then to Skylight. The return trip to the Loj was via Lake Arnold. The trail to Marcy summit was excellent, well packed and smooth. There was a little ice near...

Four of us did this hike from the Loj via the Van Hovenberg trail. Trail conditions are good. The snow is well packed and even with no ice until the base of Little Haystack. Both Little Haystack and Haystack itself were generally covered in an icy crust. Reaching the summit of Little...

Two of us hiked this mountain from the Loj via Lake Arnold. The trail is snowshoe packed and even. At higher elevations bare booters might find themselves wading in pretty deeply. At lower elevations there is firm snow, no rocks, no water. The plank bridge going through the beaver area...

Three of us did this hike heading in up the Macomb slide and heading out via Lillian Brook. The state trail to Slide Brook is packed but very bumpy. The path to the slide is packed and fairly smooth. The slide is covered in hard snow offering a good grip with aggressive snowshoe crampons...

Three of us hiked the mountains. There were 8 to 10 people in other groups. The trails are well packed and easy to follow. Snowshoes should be used. Prior hikers seemed to have some difficulty getting to Nye. There were a number of paths wandering around below the summit. The short rock...

The Van Hoevenberg trail from the Loj to the Tabletop path is packed and generally smooth. A few rocks and roots protrude but do not impede snowshoes. The Tabletop path is excellent, packed and smooth. Some ice is on the Phelps trail, but that, too, is in good shape.

Two of us did this hike via Beaver Meadow. There is considerably more snow in this area than there was on Saturday. We broke trail from the road to both summits. At upper elevations there were twelve inches of new snow, often deeper from the col to both summits. The snow has not adhered to...

This hike was done from the Garden to the Ranger's cabin and up the Range trail. The recent storm left from six to ten inches of new snow. The trail to the interior sign in kiosk is packed and fairly smooth. A few rocks still poke through, but some people were skiing. The Southside trail is...