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Super Day. Trails broken full trip- up past Indian Falls and back down through Feldspar. Hard pack snow easy walk up to Phelps Summit trail. Beyond steeper spots, microspikes or snowshoes very helpful. Open summits of Marcy & Skylight an icy-snow, hard crust; making spikes or snoshoes pretty...

Trails. weather great. Went up the Wolfjaws side from Garden/JBL and loop down Gothics. The ladders on the trail UP gothics (from JBL) were takne out and being rebuilt. (I'd guess week or so) One group coming up that way complained but no issue unless you have heavy overnite backpack- would...

Feb6-Sunday AM after a good Saturday eve snowfall, took trail from Loj 8:15A-> Marcy Dam 9:15A-> Tabletop 12:15A. 4-6" new snow on trail, Seemed more like a foot on climb up Tabeltop. Broke trail - this didn't feel like a walk in the Park. Met up with "Gary & Jackie" and they did more then...

Ha! just realized my son (who is 10) did his 10th High Peak on 10/10/2010! Temps were in high 40s when we started at 10AM. Somewhat muddy between Noonmark and Bear, at Bear Den col. Trails were clear. Gaitors may have been a bonus but we didn't & not bad without. Just thick enough coating...

Dry trail up through all 3 Brothers. Last 3/4 miles were on ice/sno pack; often with running water below or on sides. Further on everything was covered in snow. We (me & my 7 & 10 year old) barebooted the whole way and expereinced some postholing near the summit. Wore gaiters but no real mud...

Tues Feb 17- Trails were packed snow nearly the whole way. Stabilicers or Crampons would be handy on several rock faces that were iced over. Altho it'd be tough to bareboot over the ice, it was evident some had opted to meander off the trail and back on to avoid ice. Down Gaint & up RPR...

Trail wasn't as muddy as reported. With minimal care the top of my boots never saw mud. Made it slowly to Algonquin summit with 6, 8, 13 and 16 year olds. Descending Algonquin- about halfway between Wright trail and the waterfall- our two boys (8 & 13 yr old) were swarmed with hornets and...