Owl's Head

Trail: Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, bushwhack, Owls Head Path

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

“With the impending closure of LW, all the gridders flocked to Owls Head like a free all you can eat buffet. We bare booted or used spikes for LW but snowshoes were the perfect tool for the rest of the day. The trail has a nice base but the snow is still unconsolidated and snowshoes worked well. Televators for Brutus were helpful and the traction was really good. We found the new summit stick marker and then skied down Brutus on our snowshoe tails. There was some unintentional butt sledding on the steeper parts. The trails are in really nice shape so get this one while you still can.”

Trail: Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, bushwhack, Owl's Head Path

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

“Giving an update for anyone who wants to get Owls Head before the temporary Lincoln Woods trail closure. The trail is pretty well packed most of the way to Owls Head. Black Pond bushwhack and Brutus bushwhack are in good shape, the last 0.5 miles to the summit isn't as well packed and only a few snowshoes tracked it out. It might get drifted in again. Its still good to use snowshoes especially past Black Pond.”

Trail: Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, bushwhack, Owl's Head Path

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

“Well, this report will be useless by tomorrow with this storm but here it is anyway... Took black pond bushwack. Lincoln woods and up to black pond is heavily traveled, bare boots were fine, no ice at all. Beyond that there's a solid packed trench, but only a couple recent sets of prints up that way. No signs that anyone has traveled beyond the turn off for Brutus this winter. Brutus and black pond bushwacks are both well defined with a nice single path, no guessing at random heard paths. Top of owl's head is quite drifty (100% need snowshoes) and the trail is tough to find at times. Thank you to the one hiker ahead of me today who broke it out all the way to true summit. 10/10 butt sledding on the way down.”