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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Weeks, NH
Trails
Trails: York Pond Trail, Kilkenny Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, February 3, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: The fish hatchery staff told us that the gate stays open all winter 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All three were adequately snow bridged 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few blowdowns and duck-unders 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Baxter ran circles around us the whole time 
Bugs
Bugs: Nope 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: We planned to get all the Weekses, but encountered more snow than expected and a completely unbroken trail. It took 5 hours to route find and break out the 4ish miles to North Weeks. Blazes are fairly frequent but faded and many were located on dead or peeling trees. We used GPS to navigate the many switchbacks and managed to stay pretty closely on trail the whole way, for what it was worth. Just a few inches of powder covered the crusty layer down low, but we were breaking out 8+ inches and some drifts all the way up the summit cone, and breaking through the crust much deeper in spots. With our late start and given the conditions, it didn’t make sense to push for South Weeks, so we turned back at the summit of North Weeks and made it back to the car in less than 2 hours.  
Name
Name: Liz Wyman 
E-Mail
E-Mail: lizwyman at yahoo 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-02-03 
Link
Link: https:// 
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