| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Madison, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Valley Way, Gulfside, Osgood Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
all step overs. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Diligently cleaned up all sticks, one big log, and a large tree top. A few duck unders, one with a branch cut long that could be of some danger (I didn't have a saw to get it). All other cuts branches were perfectly cut at stem, beautifully maintained trail per usual. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
none |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Didn't find anything except chaga. Only lost the poor attitude I get when I am not out hiking. |
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 | Comments: |
Few postholes up high, and just a scattering on way up to Hut. Some pretty sketchy areas of boilerplate ice. I would have felt a bit safer with crampons, but got by with Hillsounds up and back. I saw tracks of at least one bare booter, didn't run into the nut though. Did some foraging for chaga, so there are some tracks that just loop off and back onto the trail up above the larger river crossing. |
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 | Name: |
Me 2 |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-02-27 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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