| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Jackson, Mt. Webster, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Webster-Jackson Trail, Webster-Jackson Trail (Jackson Branch), Webster Cliff Trail, Webster-Jackson Trail (Webster Branch) |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 15, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking in the plowed lot on Route 302, opposite the trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None were an issue; everything of note is ice-bridged. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails are in good shape -- no significant blowdowns except one medium-sized duck-under on the Webster-Jackson Trail (Webster Branch) a short ways south of the Silver Cascade crossing. |
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 | Comments: |
Trails are packed powder (light traction), with an occasional blue ice section, except Webster Cliff Trail (between the peaks and around Mt. Webster), where it is 2-3-foot-deep unconsolidated powder (snowshoes), and the upper portion of the Webster-Jackson Trail (Webster Branch), where it is foot-deep unconsolidated powder (snowshoes).
Between the two peaks is some of the nicest snowshoeing we've had all year -- great fun (although we did follow a single track of deep postholes; that did not look fun).
Summit areas are blown clear, with rime ice on the exposed rocks and some blue ice. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-01-16 |
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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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