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Peaks
Peaks Mt. Cardigan, NH
Trails
Trails: Cardigan Mountain Road, West Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, January 15, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plowed parking area near the gate on Cardigan Mountain Road in Orange. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: No issues. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Two minor birch blowdowns, one a stepover, the other knee high. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Sure. I saw a couple. Cold day for them though. 
Bugs
Bugs: Nope. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Nothing. 
 
Comments
Comments: No showshoes needed anywhere on this route, light traction is fine. The road walk is a sea of frozen boot prints, making for awkward footing. WRT is mainly a frozen monorail with some exposed rock and several stretches of boilerplate ice shortly before Cliff's Bridge. The worst of these can by gotten around by using the well beaten winter bypass on the right if ascending. Above treeline is mostly bare, dry ledge with some minor areas of avoidable ice. I removed my spikes for this section. Very cold (wind chills in the minus teens) at the summit with a stronger wind than what was forecast. I ducked behind the fire tower for shelter, but didn't linger long.

Despite it being a holiday, I only saw a few other people out, including a group of Dartmouth students who were leaving the summit as I arrived.  
Name
Name: KenM 
E-Mail
E-Mail: kmacgray@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-01-15 
Link
Link: https:// 
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