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Firm base with a few inches of powder from Loj to Marcy Dam to Phelps trail. From Van H/Phelps trail junction to summit, about 12-18 inches of fresh powder over relatively firm base (base difficult to locate at times) and intermittent ice with localized 2-3 foot drifts. From Van H/Phelps trail...

Trail Conditions: Trail sidewalk-like from Garden to JBL. Well packed from JBL to Bushnell Falls. Off trail snow firm and supportive from Bushnell Falls to base of slides. Snow and ice covering on the slides (from top to bottom) consisted of 6" powder over a 1-2" layer of high-strength ice...

Trail Conditions: On 03/13/08, the entire trial was frozen solid and covered with a few inches of fresh powder. Previous snow-bridge failures were frozen in place, and stream crossings were no problem. Numerous snowshoe post-holes, which formed during the warmer weather, froze and were a...

Date of Hike: 12.28.07 Trail Conditions: Well packed trail from Garden to JBL. 3"-6" of powder over firm base from JBL to Marcy-Haystack junction. Up to 2' of unconsolidated and windblown snow from junction to treeline. Ice and intermittent windblown snow on Little Haystack and Haystack...

Congratulations to Phil Schlosser, a/k/a Pig Pen, for completing his winter 46 on Big Slide on March 13, 2005. On the summit, an intimate group of six hikers celebrated Phil’s accomplishment with the usual pomp and circumstance, including a bottle of bubbly. It was a beautiful day to finish...