Galehead Mountain

Trail: North Twin Trail, Twinway, Frost Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Garfield Trail, Gale River Road, Beaver Brook XC Ski Trail

Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Small Patches

“Dropped my car at Beaver Brook and headed to 7 Dwarfs. North Twin Trail was in awesome shape, cruisy. Went to snowshoes about .5 from the summit, could have been sooner. No issues over to South. Heard a lot about spruce traps here recently but we had no issue. My parter opted to head back after South while I pressed on. Relatively easy descent down to the hut. Galehead tree misery continues. GRT was broken out and in surprisingly good shape, so I decided to send it, but you obviously want snowshoes. More demon trees, as others have reported. Saw Borealis, which was cool. Surprisingly easy ascent up to Garfield with televators. The Garfield trail was bulletproof. At first this was great, but down low, yesterday’s warm temps softened the snow, and many booters left tons of divots which refroze. Fast, but hard on the feet. Gale River Rd was great, with easy frozen granular walking conditions.”

Trail: Little River Road, herd path, Haystack Road, North Twin Trail, North Twin Spur, Twinway, Frost Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Gale River Trail, Gale River Road, Beaver Brook XC ski trails

Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky

“Point to point and snow shoes door to door. Soft / semi consolidated snow throughout the entirety of the hike, before south twin there is a stretch where spruce traps could be an issue, this part of the trail filled in from wind before our arrival to break through, past south twin peak there were drifts heading down towards twinway where still exposed. Heading to Galehead by twin Brook trail was heavily snow weighted trees which there was some good time heading to & from summit, spent navigating the branch tunnels. Coming down nothing notable, Garfield ridge/ gale river trail/ beaver brook XC trails all were soft pack… towards end snow was getting sticky. Bring the spikes in case but nothing other than snowshoes makes much sense out there. Great time & windy day with some gridder friends😁👏 Have fun & be safe, happy hiking 🥾”

Trail: North Twin Trail, North Twin Spur, Twinway, Frost Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Mount Garfield Trail

Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts

“Bare boots for the first couple miles road walking and starting up North Twin, then snowshoes for the rest. Trail is nicely packed up to North Twin. Hiking up to South Twin from North, there were some drifts and evidence some people had fallen into spruce traps. Broken trail but loose snow on Twinway descending from S Twin. Didn't look like anyone else had been up Galehead, I broke it out but definitely lost the trail a couple of times so it's a little sloppy. Garfield Ridge Trail after Gale River Trail junction was gnarly: deep snow and lots of trees bowed into the trail covered in heavy snow and ice. Descent on Mt Garfield trail beautifully packed out and chill.”