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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Huntington Ravine, Hillman's Highway, NH
Trails
Trails: Tuckerman Ravine Trail, Huntington Fire Road, Raymond Path, Sherburne Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, April 27, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: We arrived at 8:30 and were able park in the lot near the Pinkham Hqrs 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Spring Snow 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Skis 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All crossings had nice man made bridges except two places on the Huntington Ravine Fire Road, one before the Cabin--difficult to cross and another stream higher up that will become difficult very soon. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Trails are well blazed and signed 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Yes, but geeeezummmmmm, please clean up your dog's Poo! I had the joy of stepping in and smearing the poo all over the trail and my skis 
Bugs
Bugs: not yet 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: We hiked up the Tuckerman Ravine Trail, what great fun to see everyone packing up their gear and beer! Foggy and cloudy but nice and warm and no wind it was a good day to be up on Mount Washington. We did not put on our ski boots, skis & skins (Becca a split-board snowboard set-up) until we reached the intersection of the Hunting Ravine Fire Road, many people put on their gear earlier but we found hiking in our sneakers quite easy on the almost like pavement packed snow. We had a great time skinning up to Huntington Ravine. Thank goodness for the rugged bridges that allowed us to get over the roaring Culter River (all are bare). We stopped by the Harvard Cabin to look at it but it closed on April 1st. We got way up into the bottom of the bowl but we couldn't see much on account of the fog. We did skin up a couple hundred feet up its walls and then we pulled our skins--we enjoyed turns all the way, only having to remove our gear once for one gravel bare stop otherwise deep coverage all the way. We skinned up the Raymond Path and it was nice, it isn't used much this time of year. We ate lunch on the deck of Hojos and the clouds teased us with glimpses of the bowl above and of Hillman's. Another skier joined us as we went over and up Hillman's. The jumble of rocks at the bottom has forced to people to go around to the south in a tangle of trees, quite comical bushwhacking, lots of tracks and trampled trees all over. I made it all the way to the top Hillman's, Becca and Arthur choosing to stop climbing earlier. I caught up to another skier that climbed rather slowly, I think the 40 degree pitch made him uneasy and he hung onto his ice ax every step while I just kicked my boots into the snow and climbed up with my ski poles in my hands. No view of Washington's summit cone and just a few glimpses of the other side of the ravine. Oh well, the snow was awesome and on the ski down I had the slope all to myself until I reached my friends. We then descended together all the way down the Sherburne Trail, good snow up top until crossover 5 but we continued to the rope at crossover 3. We took our skis off a half dozen times, skied fast grass and skidded on thin ribbons of snow for lots of laughs. Muddy crossing over to the trail and then we hiked the rest of the way down. I bet the rope is at cross over 5 for the upcoming weekend. Super fun.  
Name
Name: Nordic Gal, Becca Munroe 
E-Mail
E-Mail: amybike@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-04-28 
Link
Link: https:// 
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