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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Cube, NH
Trails
Trails: Cross Rivendell Trail, Kodak Trail, Quinttown Road, herd path, Baker Road
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, February 12, 2012
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Space for a half-dozen cars at the parking area on Baker Road, halfway between the trail heading west (to Route 25A) and east (to Mount Cube). Baker Road (off of Route 25A) is in very good shape -- mostly dry and clear of snow/ice. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Nothing of note -- everything is snow/ice-bridged. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Two duck-under small-diameter (6") blowdowns on the Kodak Trail. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: There's running water on the Kodak Trail and in Jacobs Brook, along Quinttown Road. 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Our route was a loop of the Cross Rivendell Trail (from Baker Road east), the Kodak Trail, and a road walk (Quinttown Road, old AT corridor, Baker Road).


The Cross Rivendell Trail up Mt. Cube is in great shape -- hardpack with occasional sections of blue ice, easily traversed/walked around. The ledges at the very top are mostly clear, with a just a bit of blue ice here and there and some hard snow.



The Kodak Trail is also in very nice shape -- hardpack with occasional sections of blue ice, easily negotiated. In some places there's breakable crust with few inches of powder underneath. The last half mile or so has open, dry sections.



We completed the loop by coming down the Kodak Trail (AT) and doing a road walk along Quinttown Road -- this is in decent shape, clear of snow with some ice that's been sanded -- the old AT corridor that connects with the southern end of Baker Road, and Baker Road. We missed the start of the old AT corridor off of Quinttown Road (it's easily visible, but we simply walked past it), but found a logging road a bit later that was broken out and that connected with the old AT corridor, before then connecting back to Baker Road.  
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2012-02-12 
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