Backcountry Weather* & Trail Conditions 08:25 AM, May 12, 2008 |
| AMC Destination |
Temperature |
Snow Accumulation |
Trail Conditions |
| Cur |
Max |
Min |
24 hour |
Stake |
Carter Notch Hut 3,288 feet
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38 °F (3 °C)
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56 °F (13 °C)
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34 °F (1 °C)
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4"
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Trail to hut snow free. Mix of snow and ice beyond hut, light traction gear helpful.
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Tuckerman Ravine 3,800 feet
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38 °F (3 °C)
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54 °F (12 °C)
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32 °F (0 °C)
|
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22"
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Trail to hut mostly snow free. Light traction gear may be helpful above. Winter route Lion H open-steep rock scramble. Sherby open 1/3 way.
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Mizpah Spring Hut 3,800 feet
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38 °F (3 °C)
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58 °F (14 °C)
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32 °F (0 °C)
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Mixed cond. with snow drifts below and above hut. Flotation may be helpful.
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Highland Center Lodge 1,900 feet
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41 °F (5 °C)
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56 °F (13 °C)
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34 °F (1 °C)
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Trails are mostly clear of snow lower down with patches of deeper snow higher up.
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Zealand Falls Hut 2,700 feet
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43 °F (6 °C)
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56 °F (13 °C)
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32 °F (0 °C)
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Trail to hut clear of snow. Above hut flotation may be helpful for soft snow drifts.
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Galehead Hut 3,800 feet
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34 °F (1 °C)
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55 °F (13 °C)
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31 °F (-1 °C)
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1 mile from hut mixed mud and snow. Flotation may be helpful for soft snow drifts.
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Greenleaf Hut 4,200 feet
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30 °F (-1 °C)
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60 °F (16 °C)
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28 °F (-2 °C)
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Patches of snow and ice on upper Bridal Path. Light traction gear helpful above hut.
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Lonesome Lake Hut 2,760 feet
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40 °F (4 °C)
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61 °F (16 °C)
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37 °F (3 °C)
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Trail clear to hut. Light traction gear helpful above hut.
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Cardigan Lodge 1,392 feet
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Trails wet with patchy snow and mud.
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Little Lyford Pond Camps 1,380 feet
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Roads are fine for 2 wheel drive.
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Medawisla Wilderness Camps 1,280 feet
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Roads are fine for 2 wheel drive.
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