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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Shoal Pond, Ethan Pond, NH
Trails
Trails: Ethan Pond Trail, Shoal Pond Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, March 26, 2010
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Ice-Bridged 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Yes, there were some blowdowns all along the way, but nothing that couldn't be easily worked around, especially with the boilerplate snow condition on this particular day. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: On the day of this hike, the conditions were such that you could walk on top the snow with no fuss, no muss, and no sinking! Boilerplate conditions were created by recent rain and warm weather combined with a hard overnight freeze.

My trek started in the Crawford Notch on the Ethan Pond Trail, and from there I hiked to Shoal Pond. Along the way, I made a stop at Ethan Pond. In addition to those two on-trail destinations, I also did two off-trail forays. This included a short bushwhack to "little" Ethan Pond (just a bit east of the main Ethan Pond), plus a longer bushwhack to a 3K ledge located about a mile west of Ethan Pond.

There were numerous postholes on the Ethan Pond Trail up to the Willey Range Trail. However, with the hardened snow conditions, it was possible to simply walk in the woods alongside the trail and avoid the particularly nasty spots. After the Willey Range Trail junction, the Ethan Pond Trail was pretty much free of postholes. And after Ethan Pond, there was no sign of hiker traffic. It was smooth hiking for the remainder of the Ethan Pond Trail and for the bushwhack to the 3K ledge. The Shoal Pond Trail had some postholes, but nothing major.
 
Name
Name: 1HappyHiker 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2010-03-27 
Link
Link: https://www.viewsfromthetop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35321 
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