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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Shelburne Moriah Mountain, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Surprise, NH
Trails
Trails: Rattle River Trail, Kenduskeag Trail, Carter Moriah Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: No issues. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Black, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: No issues 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Many blowdowns - overgrown trails - on all except Carter Moriah. Insufficient blazes along the upper part of the Rattle River and on most of the Kenduskeag trails. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: I would hate for any dog to be out in the weather we had, bitterly cold with very strong winds on Shelburne Moriah. So strong, that I was knocked over! 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: My hiking partner counts this as one of his top hikes because we broke trail for most of the hike, lost the trail, forge a trail, re-found the trail, multiple times and walked out in the dark. Rattle River Trail: well packed out, until it just stopped! No blazes, etc. to guide us. We managed to forge a trail, through some overgrown spruce, a lot of blowdowns, steep sides and towards the end we even managed to find a few blazes. The Kenduskeag was not broken out at all. Towards, Shelburne-Moriah, it was doable, although on the windswept areas, it was not easy to find the cairns or the trail, as you went from one wind swept faux summit to the next. The wind was incredible; I was thankful for the many areas of spruce/wind screens. After the intersection with the Rattle River Trail, towards Moriah, it was not broken out at all and it was very difficult to find the trail. Again we forged a trail through intersecting sprucs and many blowdowns. The snow was deep across most of the trail and as we neared Moriah and the steepness increased it was 1-ft deep, making it very difficult to climb. But at this point we found our first blaze. Once we got to Moriah, things looked up. The Carter Moriah trail was well packed out; good thing as we spent the last hour hiking in darkness! Not a hike for the faint hearted.  
Name
Name: MWHG 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-01-28 
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