| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Twin Mountain, South Twin Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Herd path, Haystack Road, North Twin Trail, North Twin Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 29, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty today |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
3rd crossing well bridged |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few duck unders |
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 | Comments: |
Trail from Little R road to Summer trailhead was well packed out and continued to be so on N Twin Trail up until the Firewarden's trail to Hale. False hope dashed 10 minutes past Firewarden trail when only other snow shoe prints quit by 2nd crossing. Breaking from there on was not too bad, in spite of 6 inches or so of new snow. Didn't look like anyone had been up in at least a week. Steep section was not bad either to N Twin.
Delighted to find on spur trail to S Twin BLAZES; lots of bright, blue blazes on the trees, which were welcome in the absence of any tracks. Seems like trail blazes are going extinct in some places but not on this 1.3 stretch. No blowdowns either -made it pretty easy to figure out the route.
One person was arriving at S Twin who had come up from Galehead; en route back down from N Twin, a couple of other hikers were ascending who planned to loop over to Gale R trail, so this helped pack down a nice track today. Excellent glissading back to the river. |
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 | Name: |
Lucky Laura |
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 | E-Mail: |
luckylaura95@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-01-29 |
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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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