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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Bondcliff, NH
Trails
Trails: Lincoln Woods Trail, Bondcliff Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, March 9, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at Lincoln Woods visitor center lot. NOTE: this is a fee-area lot. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None were an issue. Some are still snowbridged and those that are not are easily crossed -- water levels are low. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few blowdowns here and there, easily navigated/bypassed. Nothing that can't be taken out with a bow saw. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: The conditions were insanely easy and fast-moving -- the only issue might have been the first mile or two of the Bondcliff Trail (including the section that used to be the Wilderness Trail), where snowshoes are helpful to avoid postholing if one strays off the narrow (but firm) monorail. Otherwise, light traction was fine -- on Lincoln Woods and the last couple of miles of trail up to Bondcliff. Summit area of Bondcliff is plate ice, some bare rock, and a few inches of new, drifted snow.

Water crossings were not an issue whatsoever; beneath any iffy ice/snow bridges are low water levels with plenty of exposed rocks to use.

Winds were (as forecast) fierce above treeline. We tagged the summit and left as quickly as possible. (We had considered heading to Bond, but didn't want to deal with the winds.)

A great day to be out.  
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-03-10 
Link
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