Search results

Had hoped we would find some supportive crust today, but knew it was unlikely given the forecast and 36 temp at Upper Works. There was no crust - just wet, heavy snow. Started from UW and headed to the northern tip of Henderson Lake. Just past the junction with the trail to Duck Hole and over...

The route into JBL and up to Bushnell Falls was perfect conditions for stabilicers, hard packed trail, icy in many spots. On the way into JBL, patches of woods were completely bare of snow. The warm temps and heavy rains on Friday had all the brooks running high, with water running over the ice...

Sawteeth, Pyramid, Gothics loop, started from Ausable Club, Lake Rd had been well packed by snowmobiles, we opted to put snowshoes on at the gate and stayed in them until we returned to the gate. The Weld trail had only a few inches of fresh snow and is well consolidated. At the Sawteeth/Pyramid...

The trail from the Garden to JBL had a dusting of fresh snow, small areas of icy spots, but overall good traction with snowshoes. Carried stabilicers, but conditions were fine for snowshoes. Similar conditions on Ore Bed Brook trail with a bit more fresh snow. Wore snowshoes the entire day, able...

Headed to Whiteface/Esther from ASRC, road was plowed into the hiker parking area. Well packed trail to Whiteface. It was windy, but not as strong as last Sat, and much warmer. Headed down for Esther. Again, we found a well packed trail. Winds picked up and we hiked into the clouds on Esther. On...

Well packed trail into JBL. Phelps trail continued to be well consolidated up to the Marcy/Haystack junction. Heading towards Haystack we could see that the 2+ ft of new snow was freshly broken. Tried for Haystack (crampons needed), but too windy and cold so we turned around on Little Haystack...

Hiked from the Loj across Avalanche Lake and Lake Colden. Most of the herdpath up Marshall is a well packed trail. There is one split right at the very start, about 5-10 minutes in, and we chose left. Not sure where right goes. It is a well broken track, about halfway up it deviated from the...

Started from the Loj and took the Lake Arnold route both on the way in and way out. Trail to Avalanche camps was well packed, with a few inches of fresh snow up to the Lake Arnold, beyond Lake Arnold to Feldspar lean to there was 6-8” of snow with many drifted, blown in areas. Wasn’t a great...

Corey’s road was plowed to the summer trailhead. An easy walk to the turn off for Caulkins Brook (marked by an upside down metal bucket on a tree). Caulkins Brook crossing was frozen and passable. Beyond the brook crossing the previously established trail was blown/snowed in with 6”. The trail...

Gate was open and there were 3 cars already in the summer lot when we arrived. A rabbit had signed in just before us headed for Seward Remake, wish we were headed that way today! A couple inches of fresh powder over a well packed trail all the way to the turnoff for Seymour just past the Ward...

The trail breaking gods were smiling down on us today with a well packed trail from the Elk Lake parking to the top of Hough via the Lillian Brook trail (thanks Pin Pin!). Barebooted from Clear Pond to Elk Lake. Put snowshoes on at Elk Lake and kept them on all day. Snow was firm and well...

Lake Rd had a well packed track with a couple inches of fresh snow. From the turn off to the top of Colvin was a previously broken trail with 6-8 inches of fresh snow. Beyond Colvin there was no indication anyone had been on the trail recently. Completely blown in/snowed in with 2+ feet of fresh...

I am considering buying either the Montrail CTC Mid GTX or the Montrail Hardrock Mid GTX boot. I am locked into Montrail as I have a warranty credit from them for a pair of waterproof boots that really weren’t. I considered the Montrail Torre also, but I dayhike and it seems too heavy duty (and...

Big Slide via Three Brothers on 11/28. A few inches of fresh snow for the first mile or so, stabilicers were adequate. Hit deeper snow, changed to snowshoes and broke trail in 12 to 18 inches of fresh snow until the junction with the Slide Brook Trail. Not enough snowpack to cover all the rocks...

Started from the Garden, the trail to the Bushnell Falls split was uneventful, muddy in some places as expected. Beyond Bushnell Falls was the first snow, but the most difficult snow conditions were beyond Slant Rock, many spots of very unstable snow bridges and lots of dropping through, the...

Hiked in from the Atmospheric Research Center, uneventful and mostly dry to the Esther junction, the trail to Esther was easy to follow, encountered a few small patches of snow and some muddy/wet conditions, but not too bad. Saw some snow (small amount) on the trail to Whiteface, mostly past...

Well packed trail to Bradley Pond and up to Herald Square. Three way junction at Herald Square, left to Santa, straight to Couch, right to Panther – a bit confusing as none of these trails went to Times Square. Headed to Santa first, again a well defined trail with a few spots of blown in snow...

Well packed trail the whole way to the top (thanks to the groups that went in Sat and Sun!). Snow had a crusty top in the am, but had melted out to be a bit softer in the pm. Wore snowshoes the whole way to the top, but crampons would have been a better choice on the slide, it was quite icy with...

From the Loj to the Dam, a few inches of fresh powdery snow. On the way to Lake Arnold the trees had fresh snow on them and several inches on the ground. Beyond the turnoff for Mt Colden, the trail was blown-in in several places, and it was much less packed, often had 1-2 feet of snow. Beyond...

Went in from Elk Lake, road to summer trailhead was plowed. The well packed trail had a few inches of fresh snow from Friday’s storm. Broken trail ended at the turn off for the herd path. Climb up the slide had varying snow depths, sometimes crusty. Wore snowshoes all day and was comfortable...