Mount Flume

Trail: Bike path, herd path, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail

Conditions: Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches

“Trail is a mix of bare ground, mud, standing water, old snow, and minor ice until about 2300' feet, bare boots are best. The rest of the way is mostly hard snow or ice, I used microspikes up and Hillsounds down so I could move faster as it was early morning and conditions had not softened up yet, but microspikes roundtrip from 2300' are fine, especially when it gets above freezing.”

Trail: Whitehouse Trail, Liberty Spring Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail

Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches

“Started out in spikes from the parking lot and kept them on all day. Snow covered trails to ice to dirt covered trails. A lot of running water. The monorail is very narrow in places and non-existent in others. It's easy to posthole if you move off of the monorail. Once we crossed the water we had continuous snow all the way to Flume. There were a lot of people on the trail.”

Trail: Old Bridle Path, Greenleaf Trail, Franconia Ridge Trail, Liberty Spring Trail

Conditions: Ice - Black, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes

“Firm pack of snow below treeline on Old Bridle Path and then it becomes bare and icy on Greenleaf Trail up to the summit of Lafayette. Smooth sailing to Lincoln and Little Haystack before the real challenge begins. From Little Haystack to Liberty, it's an awkward monorail of spring snow, few postholes and blowdowns. Up to Liberty and Flume, snow was soft and down Liberty Springs, mushy snow and then a lot of rock, mud and water.”