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date: 5/22/10 trail: Lafayette via skookumchuck conditions: The trail was in excellent shape. It was mostly dry to 3700'. There were a few minor blowdowns but there were definite signs of trail maintenance (thanks to those who were responsible). I was feeling good about my decision to leave...

Date: 4/24/10 Destination: Boot Spur Conditions: No snow and dry trail until just beyond the ladder. Snow started as patches and soon deepened. Snow depth just before treeline was 2-3 feet. There was just dry rock above treelineSnow was mostly firm but softening on the descent. There were...

Date: 4/2/10 Conditions: Snow all the way to tree line. Because of an early start the trail to was fairly hard packed until the junction to the falls. The snow deepened prior to the fall and increased until treeline. The snow after the falls was easy to posthole. Water was running under the...

Date: 2/19/10 Conditions: About an inch over a well packed base at the lower elevations. A bit more fresh snow at the upper elevations. The slide had some ice under the new snow. Trail exposed to the wind had several inches of new show. Excellent trail conditions. Equipment: I used MSR...

date: 2/6/10 Conditions: The trail was well packed. There was firm snow in middle of trail with one to two inches of fresh. Post holing occurred when stepping off the trail. Near the ridge there was six inches of new snow which was unbroken but is now well packed. The trail was in excellent...

Date: 1/30/10 Trail: Hi Cannon to Cannon Trail conditions: Light fresh snow over a firm base. Excellent trail conditions from the parking lot to the summit. One blowdown. Special equipment: Full winter gear (it was -10 in the lot when I started). Bare booting was possible but some sought...

date: 4/18/09 Conditions: The trail to Tucks was firm/lose packed snow except for a few bare spots. On the trail up Lion's Head was deep, firm snow. There was one spot on the steep section of Lion's Head where you had the choice of a bare rock corner or a verticle ice bulge. There was a...

date: 2/07/09 Trail conditions: There was a ski track part of the way and one descending snowshoer. The trail has the addition of Andy and my tracks (Andy did a great job of breaking trail on the ascent). The trail is in terrific winter conditions all of the way to the summit. Special...

Trail Conditions: Brookside was in perfect condition. Water crossings were of no difficulty. Watson path was also in great condition. Airline was used for the descent. It was wetter than I expected making things occasionally a bit slippery. A thick layer of leaves covered the trail at the...

date: 4/26/08 Conditions: Encountered a Spring mix. There was snow, some deep snow, some bare trail all the way to tree line. The spine of snow in the center of the trail was narrow. It varied from less than a foot to 4 feet. It was narrow most of the way and staying on top of it required a...

date: 4/19/08 Conditions: The trail was a mix of flowing water, rock and snow. Snow depth from trail head to tree line varied from a foot to much deeper. Above tree line there were some stretches of snow but more rock. As the day warmed there were stretches of flowing water. Equipment: An...

Conditions: The trail was packed out over a deep base. If you stepped away from the very middle of the trail, you were almost guaranteed to posthole. Deep postholes lined the sides of the trail most of the way up. There were no blow downs. Snow and ice covered the summit. Trail conditions were...

Trail conditions: Trail had unbroken snow of 4-6 inchs over a hard back snow base of 4 to 5 ft.. Hiking conditions couldn't have been better. special equipment: Snow shoes all the way, The snow was soft. Comments: The plan was for Lafayette but the access to the parking lot was unplowed and...

Trail Conditions: The trail was not broken out. It had fresh powder 5 to 8 inches (deeper where there was drifting). It is well broken out now. There is a fork in the trail at about 400' where we lot the trail and then back tracked to pick it up again....stay left at the fork. Several...

Trail Conditions: There were 6 to 8 inches (10" at higher elevation) of unbroken snow over a deep snow base. There were no blowdowns. The last rivercrossing was easily managed with good snow bridges. special equipment: Snowshoes were necessary & hiking poles were more than useful. Crampons...

date:1/12/08 Conditions: No blow downs. Hard packed snow conditions. The trail was post holed on some previous day when the snow was soft. From Madison Hut to Adams there was minimal snow. The route was frosted over. special equipment: The hard packed trail to Madison Hut was slippery but...

date: 1/05/08 conditions: We encountered 5 to 8 inches of fresh snow on top of a packed trail. The trail is now well packed. There were no blowdowns. There was good snowpack all of the way to Jefferson. equipment: We used snowshoes the entire trip. These were necessary almost all of the...

date: 12/22/07 conditions: We encountered lots of new snow. We had to break out the trail all the way to Lake of Clouds except for a section part of the way to Gem Pool which had been used by skiiers.The snow is deep, lose and slippery on the steep sections even after being broken out. Water...

date: 12/15/07 conditions: Temps were 5 to 15 degrees. The trail had fresh, unbroken snow on top of a snow/ice base. Depth ranged from 5 to 8 inches. Route finding took some care (it has been a couple of years since I have done this hike). special equipment: I found it ideal snowshoe...

Date of Hike: 12/1/07 Trail Conditions: Fresh powder over some ice. 4" at the lower elevations...6" to 8" after the third river crossing....10" from the view point to the summit. Six people traveled the trail up & down so the snow is now packe down. The river was high for crossing. We opted...