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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Surprise, Mt. Moriah, NH
Trails
Trails: Carter-Moriah Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, January 26, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction, Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: For the most part, the trail is a wonderful, white sidewalk to the summit. Now for the parts that weren't a nice sidewalk: small patches of exposed ice for which light traction was sufficient, the ledges were pretty much packed snow over ice and easy to negotiate, except for the very last steep one between Mt. Surprise and Moriah. That ledge has a lot of exposed ice, I got partway up and bushwhacked; on the way down, I bushwhacked around it completely. I carried more aggressive traction with me, but didn't feel it was worth changing for this one ledge. Lazy? Yeah. There were probably around 5-6 trees, mostly above Mt. Surprise to step over or limbo under - not bad at all!

Beautiful bluebird day for a solo hike, and only saw a nice young couple doing the same hike.  
Name
Name: SBanks 
E-Mail
E-Mail: summersetbanks@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-01-27 
Link
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