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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Isolation, NH
Trails
Trails: Rocky Branch Trail, bushwhack, Isolation Trail, Davis Path, Isolation Spur
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, February 24, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parking lot plowed and had no cars in the morning when we arrived. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Ice bridges on a couple of the crossings. The rest were easily managed by using rocks in the water. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: One tree that was down but easily stepped over 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Olive loved it out there with her bright orange jacket running back and forth pushing us along the way. 
Bugs
Bugs: None 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: I lost a fitbit charge 2. It's somewhere on the Davis Path up to Isolation. If you found it please email me. 
 
Comments
Comments: Day was great started out at roughly 6:45AM. Temperature was around 40 deg at the base. Used microspikes up until halfway through the Engine Hill BW and switched over to snowshoes. Started following tracks on the BW until we lost them and had to continue on ourselves. Got sidetracked about .5 miles into the BW and went left into the Pine trees zigzagging through the brush like an actual bushwhack. Stay to the right when you get about a half mile in on the BW as that is the more well defined trail at this point. Summit was windy and and was able to see a South Easterly view until that got covered by clouds. The rest of the view was covered with dark clouds. No view of Washington at that point. Temperature at the top was roughly 20 deg. Hiked down using snowshoes until the end of the BW and swapped back over to microspikes. The last three miles had developed into pretty sticky snow. Hike took us roughly 6 hours.  
Name
Name: Tim 
E-Mail
E-Mail: tmoreau33@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-02-25 
Link
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