Middle Tripyramid

Trail: Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail

Conditions: Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow

“If you like mid-April conditions, that’s what it is. Below 2,500’ was pretty brutal. One person ahead of me turned at the start of the steeps. The trail gradually hardened up and improved as I ascended, going from a massive snowshoe posthole every 3 steps to maybe every dozen. The best section of trail is from Scaur Ridge to the summit of North Tripyramid; it’s fairly solid in there with snowshoes on. Once at the summit of North, I was following the snowshoe tracks of someone who had come up the North Slide. He or she postholed (with snowshoes on) many dozens of times between North and Middle. I postholed a few myself, but it was noticeably more solid behind someone else. Now that it’s been packed both ways and with the cooler temps ahead, this should be a lot easier this week. TLDR Would not have made it without snowshoes.”

Trail: Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail

Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular

“Trails got an inch or two of new snow overnight. Cold temperatures kept trail firm all morning. Spikes the whole way. The trail was not in the best shape though. Very bumpy and lots of divets frozen under the fresh snow. Steep and icy sections were steep and icy. Need some good traction on those sections. Nobody else on the trail this morning.”

Trail: Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail

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

“Trail got packed down a bit, but will need more love with snowshoes to get back into an easy track. Snowshoes generally recommended throughout, especially with warming snow. Spikes may be helpful in some places on steeper portions. Drifts on the ridge before North Tripyramid and in the col. The col portion is probably the best packed due to someone breaking out Sabbaday Brook trail and helping in the col section to the two peaks. Snow getting sticky during the warmer afternoons, so plan accordingly. Oiling with Pam helped a bit at times, but wears off quickly in the current conditions.”