Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Israel, NH |
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| Trails: |
Wentworth Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 24, 2014 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Mead base parking plowed with room for maybe 4 vehicles. Route 113 between Holderness and Sandwich is a disaster - 20 mph is overdoing it in places. Squaw Lake Road toward Center Harbor is a better option. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Minor at the moment or bridged |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns in the hardwood area, including a very big one where the trail pulls away from the brook. I cut out a small one near the ridge. |
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| Comments: |
Was thinking this would be a quick afternoon stroll, but that all changed when I discovered no one had been up here since last week's storm. There was a foot or so of snow on top of the previous footbed, with a crust on top, making for snow going.
The trail now has a nice footbed for snowshoeing (though a moose attempted to posthole part of it whilst I was up on the summit). Microspiking this right now would be a foolhardy endeavor, as the broken trail was a sugar snow that wouldn't set up overnight. In addition, there are some areas of deep snowpack up on the ridge that would result in epic postholing without snowshoes.
I also broke out the herdpath from the summit cairn to the fantastic eastern ledges, where you can see Red Hill, the Belknaps, the Ossipees, Pleasant Mountain in Maine, Chocorua, Tripyramids, etc. |
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| Name: |
rocket21 |
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| E-Mail: |
rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-03-24 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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