South Twin Mountain

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.”

Trail: Little River Rd, Herd path, Haystack Rd, North Twin Trail, North Twin Spur Trail, Twinway, Gale River Trail, Gale River Loop Rd, Beaver Brook Rec. Area trail

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

“Bare boots to the turn at the "trail" sign, then snowshoes for the rest of the day. Solid consolidated base under some fresh snow low, then more snow after the river crossing increasing as elevation increases. Drifts were more significant as we ascended. Trees are heavy with snow and require lots of ducking and dodging to get around. We missed the turn to the North Twin view point as the sign is completely buried, then back tracked to NT spur trail. From North to South Twin the conditions are drifty and required a few map checks to see if we were on trail. You know you're off trail when you sink to your armpits! Our track is pretty close to the trail for most of the way as long is it is not already blown in. Twinway down to Gale River trail was deep but easy to navigate with lots of "skiing" on our snowshoes. Gale River is well broken out. If you're going---SNOWSHOES!!”