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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Square Ledge, Nanamocomuck Peak, Wonalancet Hedgehog, NH
Trails
Trails: Oliverian Brook Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff, Walden Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, December 17, 2010
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: good 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Black, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction, Traction, Ice Axe 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Problematic, water a little high, use spikes, seek logs, frozen spruce branches 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: good 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: will need to go around ice a lot and may not be possible in some spots, do not recommend on Walden trail up Hedgehog and Nanamocomuck or over to Square Ledge from Walden until conditions change 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: found pair of gloves almost completely frozen into ice flow on south slope of Nanamocomuck, chopped out with axe - email me to claim 
 
Comments
Comments: Snow from dusting to 1-2" up high and covering ice everywhere. early stream crossings problematic, put on spikes and used ice frozen on branches of spruce fallen into water at one and log across water on another. Ice flows started coming down Square Ledge, white, blue, black, brown, even green, very heavy completely covering trail in several places, worst in steep spots. Even with spikes a lot bushwhacks and tree grabbing necessary. Axe was handy but full crampons and 2 axes would have been welcome in many spots - certainly would have been faster. Coming down from Nanamocomuck very difficult. Coming off Hedgehog there is very steep, scramble area that could have qualified as Class 2! Had to bushwhack to the right(south), dropped my pack down 8-10' face and trusted a couple spruce branches to do a layback! Rest of hike uneventful(flat).  
Name
Name: Arne Schussler 
E-Mail
E-Mail: aschuss1@maine.rr.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2010-12-18 
Link
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