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confidence: Low Conditions Update · posted 2021-04-09 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
Route guide for Plateau Mountain via Stony Clove Notch, featuring a steep 1-mile initial climb to Orchard Point lookouts followed by an easy 2.25-mile ridge walk to the summit. Author describes April conditions with residual monorail and mentions seasonal considerations including microspikes on the ridge and exposed sun exposure in summer months.
Hunter, Kaaterskill High, Plateau, Sugarloaf
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confidence: Medium Conditions Update · posted 2021-04-03 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
This is a challenging 6.5-mile bushwhack thru-hike over North Dome and Mount Sherrill that requires advanced navigation skills and solid off-trail experience. The route features steep ledges on North Dome's eastern side, dense evergreen forest, and (as of an April visit) significant ice, snow, and icicle formations requiring microspikes.
Lone, North Dome, Plateau, Rocky, Sherrill, Sugarloaf, Table
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confidence: Low Conditions Update · posted 2021-01-01 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
This is an evergreen trail guide to Twin Mountain via Jimmy Dolan Notch describing the route, terrain, and seasonal conditions. The guide notes that winter travel requires microspikes at minimum due to ice-flows and ice-covered boulders on steep sections, and mentions a challenging rock scramble with verglas conditions.
Hunter, Balsam, Eagle, Indian Head, Panther, Plateau, Sugarloaf, Twin, Wittenberg
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confidence: Medium Conditions Update · hiked 2020-12-20 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
Route guide for Eagle Mountain via Seager trailhead featuring Dry Brook, with emphasis on navigational challenges and multiple tricky stream crossings. Hike was completed in late December 2020 during icy conditions with snow cover and microspike use.
Big Indian, Eagle
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confidence: High Trip Report · hiked 2020-03-07 · adkhighpeaks · source → · detail
A winter traverse of Lafayette and Lincoln in the White Mountains with strong winds and below-zero wind chills. The hikers traveled north-to-south on Old Bridal Path and Falling Waters Trail, encountering packed snow, corn snow, and icy conditions requiring microspikes.
Lafayette, Lincoln
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confidence: Medium Conditions Update · posted 2020-01-30 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
Kelly Hollow Loop is a beautiful, easy evergreen trail description in the Catskills featuring Norway Spruce plantations, a lean-to, beaver pond, and footbridges. Winter conditions noted include snow, rime ice, and the need for microspikes on steeper descent sections.
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confidence: Medium Conditions Update · posted 2019-07-02 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
Evergreen trail guide describing the Kaaterskill High Peak route from Platte Clove with a long muddy approach, multiple junctions, and historic plane wrecks en route. Trail conditions include deep mud in lower sections, lively streams, and variable ice conditions in late November.
Balsam Lake, Hunter, Black Dome, Indian Head, Kaaterskill High, Sugarloaf, Twin
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confidence: Medium Conditions Update · posted 2019-02-17 · mountain-hiking · source → · detail
A route guide describing the Blackhead and Black Dome loop via Lockwood Gap, with detailed descriptions of hiking conditions, notable winter hazards including blue ice blocks and slippery sections requiring microspikes, and scenic viewpoints along the route.
Hunter, Black Dome, Blackhead, Indian Head, Kaaterskill High, North Dome, Plateau, Sherrill, Sugarloaf, Thomas Cole, Twin, Windham High
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