| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Hayes, Cascade Mountain, Trident Col Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Centennial Trail, Mahoosuc Trail, bushwhacks |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
I went over the Leadmine brook several times and had no issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Lost of blow-down and massive amounts of deadfall. Seemed to be a small number of blazes for and NH AT section. The AT was hard to follow in places due to this and snowcover. |
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 | Comments: |
Very tough spring conditions almost caused me to turn around at Hayes. Alternating deep/soft snow and bare turf. Lots of spots where I would break through the crust to a deep drop, sometimes into open water. I switch between snowshoes and bareboots several times and would have done so even more if I did not concede to some bareboot deep postholing and some bare-turf snowshoeing.
I decided to re-visit Trident col. peak. I headed straight up from the point where the AT gets closest to the peak. This required a fair amount of scrambling. To get down I headed down the west side, which is less steep, but thicker. From here I headed straight down the Leadmine brook drainage, eventually picking up logging roads that brought me back to North Road. |
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 | Name: |
zporterColdRiverCampCook |
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 | E-Mail: |
zap88@tds.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-04-29 |
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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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