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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Eisenhower, NH
Trails
Trails: Mt. Clinton Road, Edmands Path, Eisenhower Loop
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, February 17, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parked at the small pull off at the intersection of Mt. Clinton rd. and the base rd. Room for two or three vehicles.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction, Traction, Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Couple small open brooks where Tucker could get a drink. The bridge over Abenaki Brook? is displaced from the storm. There is an ice bridge to reach it that may go away with the warmer temps. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Tucker had too much fun! 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Mt. Clinton was packed by snowmobiles with shallow coverage otherwise. I was happy to see a monorail on Edmands as I know it gets less traffic.
Monorail was hard and a bit lumpy up to the steep little slide area where the 8 mile side hill traverse starts. From here to the ridge was tough going. Could have used snowshoes as it was much less consolidated and soft, but I think that would be very hard considering the slope and the stiff scrub trying to push you off the mountain. Lots of boilerplate on the loop from the intersection to the summit with some deep drifts. My recently sharpened spikes worked ok. Tucker was able to avoid the worst of it. Wind was wicked cold on the summit.
Nice peaceful hike, saw no one until a 1/2 mile or so back down Edmands. Then only two other groups the entire way out.
Could not believe the cars at ALL of the trail-heads. Looked like July 4th.
 
Name
Name: Dave K. and Tucker 
E-Mail
E-Mail: mthiker100@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-02-18 
Link
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