| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Tecumseh, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Tecumseh Trail, Sosman Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, February 5, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking in Waterville Ski area lots but you have to compete with skiers |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossing at trail head is open and running water but not deep and easily crossed on rocks, two other water crossing are completely bridged and frozen solid |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is completely clear the entire way |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Would be a great hike for a dog - wide trail with lots of room to run |
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 | Comments: |
Trail is solidly packed almost the entire way. Surface is hard packed (and actually quite shallow) all the way to the junction with the Sosman trail (From the junction I took the Sosman trail to the summit - everyone seems to have gone this way - the Tecumseh trail for the last .2 mile to the summit looks like it hadn't been used in a while) From the Tecumseh/Sosman trail junction to the summit there is some drifting powder on the trail in spots but no more than a few inches deep with the solid base underneath. The trail is bare-bootable the all the way to the summit though I used microspikes for a bit of extra traction since trail was so hard packed. Saw six people on the trail today half with snow shoes and half with microspikes. |
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 | Name: |
Brian from Maine |
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 | E-Mail: |
brobert1@maine.rr.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-02-06 |
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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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