Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Kearsarge, NH |
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| Trails: |
Auto road, Winslow Trail, power line cut |
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| Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Auto road and summer lot closed. Room for some vehicles plowed at end of auto road, ~1 mile walk on packed snowmobile tracks. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two broken windows on the fire tower. |
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| Comments: |
Auto road nicely packed by snowmobile traffic...bootable, but snowshoes were fine too. Attempted Barlow Trail at first, but upon discovering only a single set of tracks up it (prior to ice storm), didn't want to do 1.6 miles of uneven trailbreaking with a breakable crust. Instead, followed Winslow Trail, which was sort of a sugar snow - snowshoes seemed to provide the best traction. Up high in the scrub, the trail meanders and barebooters were finding some spruce traps. My downhill snowshoe tracks follow the trail proper. Ice on exposed ledges up high. Cut off a bit of the Winslow Trail on descent by following snowmobile tracks down the power line cut. |
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| Name: |
rocket21 |
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| E-Mail: |
rocket21 at franklinwebpublishing dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-03-01 |
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| Link: |
https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/NewHampshire/mtkearsarge-2011-0301.php |
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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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