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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Straightback Mountain, Mt. Major, NH
Trails
Trails: Mt. Major Trail, Brook Trail, Brook-Quarry Link, Quarry Trail, Major-Straightback Link, Express Route
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, December 21, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: plenty of room in lot off Route 11 in Alton 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow, Slush 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: no issues - rock-hoppable 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: well-flagged with colored tape; most signs in good shape 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: lots of snow fleas clustered in deer and coyote tracks!!!! 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Real mixed-bag for trails this afternoon - lots of lumpy trails that are going to setup pretty rough once the slush freezes. Beyond the Brook Trail, the trail was a blank canvas of 6-8" deep wet snow. Not exactly completely sure where I was on Straightback, but, there were other snowshoe tracks in there, too. I should have bypassed Mt Major on the way back - it was a horrible slush-pool from the summit down the icy/wet slip-n-slide on the ledges where I put the snowshoes back on the pack so as not to grind down the crampons on the wet rock.

Started to really rain when I got back to the car - YAY!!! Views a little limited due to lowering rain clouds, but, fun to get back to the Belknaps and celebrate the post-winter-solstice on a sub 2K-footer :)  
Name
Name: Becca Munroe 
E-Mail
E-Mail: beccahiker@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-12-21 
Link
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