David,
I am the trail chief of the section from Rt 17 to Camel's Hump Road. We skied most this section on Sunday Dec 30. We were necessarily a fast group, so it took us about 5-6 hours. The snow was fine, and the most recent addition of snow will help in turning and stopping. There are a couple of problems. The biggest is that the warm weather and melting has caused a lot of gullies in the trail at the north end of this section (after you leave the snow mobile trail).
Until the temps firm the ground up and we get a snow cover over the frozen ground, this will continue to be a problem.
Second, there are quite a few branches and small trees down that need to get worked on. I hope to get to some of that in the next two weeks.
I have traveled all the sections you are considering. Feel free to contact me if you need some in depth information on the terrain. (pdemers@vmec.org)
I can see doing these sections in two days under ideal conditions, but if you are carrying your gear, these will be very very challenging days.
Paul
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