Mount Garfield

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: 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.”

Trail: Gale River Road, Garfield Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail

Conditions: Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular

“Beautiful conditions today. Bare booted to trailhead. On trail, one of us stayed in snowshoes the whole way, 2 had spikes the first 2 miles then switched to snowshoes. Trail still unconsolidated above 3000 feet, snowshoes are the way to go. Also, all those Dr Seuss trees on the top third of the trail are heavy with snow. They’ll be dumping that snow with tomorrows warmer temps. If you’re hiking this weekend, you’ll want a shell with a good (unless you enjoy snow down your back)!”