| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Carter Dome, South Carter, Middle Carter, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, North Carter Trail, Imp Trail, Camp Dodge Cutoff |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 22, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
glaze ice but plenty of space at 19 Mile Brook |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Slush |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
crossing with the missing bridge on 19 Mile was easily gotten across today. middle crossing on Carter Dome Trail was running pretty good and needed a big step, lower crossing on Imp, South Branch open with stepping stones in place..no issues |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
an amazing amount of early season bendovers and blowdowns on Carter Dome Trail and along the ridge. The brook section on Imp in particular pretty sprucy..cut a few things out but problems remain |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Hannah rocked it and ran into Kali several times today as well |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
yard sale along the way with a shell at the carter dome/19 mile jct, bandana higher up, liner gloves near the crossing which were reunited with owner |
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 | Comments: |
mixed bag day 19 Mile a mess with slush, frozen granular base..spikes needed in the parking lot and worked to the jct.
We put on snowshoes and headed up Carter Dome Trail and left them on back to the car. Mostly frozen granular surface with looser snow above 4500 feet. While we struggled to the ridge the Carter Moriah is an excellent fast track snowshoe track at this point...have at it before conditions change. A little breezy on C Dome, temp dropped dramatically as we headed north from there and down right cold heading across the excellent view ledges around Middle Carter.
North Carter Trail frozen granular with an breakable crust..pretty good footing down to the brook section on Imp which was loaded with bendovers and punched out by some apologetic barebooters who killed themselves on the way to 3000 feet.Nice to run into Heather and group several times along the way. Fine day out with Valerie, Sarah, and Hannah |
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 | Name: |
silverfox |
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 | E-Mail: |
marktaub@metrocastdot net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-12-22 |
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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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