Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Chocorua, NH |
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| Trails: |
Champney Falls Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
open parking |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings frozen over, the falls were very cool with huge icicles |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
none |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
saw one dog and was doing well |
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| Bugs: |
none, too cold |
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| Comments: |
Great hike today with lots of sun on top of mountain. This trail is packed down well with a few tricky areas of ice going up where the microspikes were a little sketchy and crampons would have been helpful but overall just a lot of snowshoe tracks frozen in place from rain after last snow. Snowshoes not needed but snow is coming tomorrow so that may change! The summit was a different story. Very windy and easy to post hole trying to get around rocks to summit. Had to brace for the wind to keep balance and bitter cold! Decided not to finish to full summit and went to ledge below summit as the rock was covered with a film of ice and full crampons would have been much safer. Saw another climber turn around as well even in full crampons. Lots of hikers having a good time either way. One guy said Piper wasn't as packed down which surprised me. |
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| Name: |
Mike Anderson |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-12-21 |
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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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