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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Galehead Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Beaver Brook XC ski trails, Gale River Road, Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, April 28, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parked at Beaver Brook XC ski trails. Easy 1.2 miles to Gale River TH from there. Gary Moody Memorial Outhouse is currently locked. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Per the last TC report for Galehead, the new improved, official trail no longer crosses Gale River. If you come to a BIG river crossing, you have missed the trail relocation. (See comments.) You DO have to cross Garfield Stream and a couple of smaller ones. Garfield Stream was a wet rock hop but not terribly high today. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Flicked about 300 branches off the trail and did some hydro-engineering on the way out. There are maybe a half dozen blowdowns on Gale River Trail. Frost Trail could use a trim. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Found a rather nice piece of jewelry... email me at muddylegs2004 at yahoo.com if you think it might be yours. 
 
Comments
Comments: Galehead, just Galehead...

Bare boots to about 2400 feet, snowshoes from there because they make life SO much easier right now. Hard to believe Galehead Hut will be opening in a week. Still a ton of snow up there!

Ascending, the relocated trail section, a hard righthand turn, is easy to miss with current snow level. Previously there was a sign explaining "what's happening here," but the lower sign is gone. (Upper one is still there, and the relo is much more obvious descending.) I threw some more branches across the old trail at the lower relo junction. There is a single blue blaze at this spot. Should be a double.

Trout lilies are getting ready to open, finally!  
Name
Name: Snowflea 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-04-28 
Link
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