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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: Sunday, March 4, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Lot on Route 16 is plowed and dry. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Between a combination of the Engine Hill bushwhack and a short bushwhack on the East side of Rocky Branch, you can avoid all but one of the crossings (although we did not realize that until too late and made two extra crossings). Final crossing was solidly bridged.  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Nothing of note. Just a few step-overs. The current Engine Hill bushwhack takes you through a lot of closely-bunched evergreens. Watch your eyes. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Did not see one. 
Bugs
Bugs: None. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Engine Hill bushwhack is broken out and pretty easy to follow. It splits in places. We stayed right heading in,taking the higher ground. Getting sloppy in a few places. We used spikes throughout but snowshoes would not have been overkill. Note that, as it approached Davis Path, the Isolation Trail swings left a bit, and therefore comes out South of the actual trail junction.

Happy, relatively small crowd on the summit. Congrats to Denise for finishing her Winter 48!  
Name
Name: LarryD 
E-Mail
E-Mail: ldonoghue@morganbrown.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-03-04 
Link
Link: https:// 
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