| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Duck Pond Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nancy Pond Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 12, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The first major one is hard to do without getting feet a little wet. Could get worse. Bridges are all gone of soon to be. No crossing problems on the bushwhack portion right now. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns. One significant one. |
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 | Comments: |
The Nancy Pond trail is developing a kind of monorail down low, which was no big deal on the way up, but very aggravating on the way down. There is still some soft snow higher up, especially past the cascades.
The snow was very firm on the bushwhack. I was hardly sinking and didn't have any issues with spruce traps. I thought this summit would be hard to find due to how flat it is, but I got lucky and walked right up to the recognized high point without any hunting. Not nearly as thick as I thought it would be. very good going, in fact.
Headed to Norcross Pond afterwards. You can still walk along the shore of the pond but I would not walk on the ice. Great view to Guyot, Bonds, Franconias.
I am posting this late because I went straight to 4000 footer awards night. Congrats to all who finished lists this year. |
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 | Name: |
zporterColdRiverCampCook |
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 | E-Mail: |
zap88@tds.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-04-12 |
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 | Link: |
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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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