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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Welch Mountain, Dickey Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Welch-Dickey Loop Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of nice parking and access roads fine. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Black, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Small Patches, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Initial crossing on Welch side had some ice on rocks(9:30) to watch for. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: One blowdown on Dickey side easily step=over. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Mixed bag of conditions. 2 of us used microspikes for 25% of hike and 1 barebooted with minor difficulties. Worse section was initial climb on Welch side as trail was still quite icy early on. The steep scrambles were all mostly dry. Minimal packed snow between Welch and Dickey and trail mostly dry going down Dickey once departing the ledges. Several hikers out today (mostly counter-clockwise) and a nice hike out with Emerel and Woody enjoying a first taste of summer like conditions.  
Name
Name: franco 
E-Mail
E-Mail: cockerbuff@aol.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-04-01 
Link
Link: https:// 
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