Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Little Sugarloaf, Goose Pond, NH |
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| Trails: |
Goose Pond Snowmobile Trail (Orange Trail), Elwell Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 12, 2016 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at Elwell Trail trailhead. Road to parking area is almost completely clear, but parking area has a couple of inches of fast-melting ice/slush. Not an issue to drive up, with care. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Not an issue. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Blowdowns mentioned in posts from a few days earlier have been moved/removed. New small step-over blowdown on Elwell Trail just west of where it splits off of Orange Trail, headed for Little Sugarloaf. |
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| Comments: |
Came back yet again to run up these trails a few days later after doing them, hoping to find them barebootable.
They are now; light traction stayed in the pack.
Some thin ice on short sections of trail here and there, but for the most part the trails are clear -- and mostly dry, especially the ledges/open granite.
Short section of thin ice on Elwell Trail near parking area and near first water crossing 0.1 miles out from parking area -- very easy to walk around. Thin ice on short section of Orange Trail near parking area; easy to avoid. Most of the ice was on a few sections of Goose Pond Loop -- again, easy to avoid or rock hop. |
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| Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-03-13 |
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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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