| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks: |
Mt. Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Gorge Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
02-07-2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking is at the end of Ravine Lodge road adding a 1.6 mile road walk (each way) to the trailheads. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All solid snowbridges |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Large blowdown crossing Ravine Lodge road. Small section removed for skiers / hikers.
Minor blowdown, easily hoppable on lower section of Gorge Brook Trail. |
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 | Comments: |
Road to ravine lodge was hard packed snow. One blowdown with a 3 fut cut out section on the road. Gorge Brook also hard packed, barebooted to ~3700 Ft where I switched to 6 point crampons. Trail was a mixture of hard pack and drifting snow. Summit ridge is solid blue ice with a few sections of heavy drifts and a few sections of rime ice.
Conditions were deteriorating rapidly on the summit and I used my GPSr to mark a waypoint every 100 steps. Visibility dropped to 100 Ft and I didn't need the waypoints forr descent but the security blanket was comforting. 40-50 MPH winds with snow.
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 | Name: |
HockeyPuck / Trevor |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-02-08 |
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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. |
