| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Cube, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Baker Road, Quinntown Road, Kodak Trail, Hexacuba Shelter Spur Trail, Cross Rivendell Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 20, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for several cars at parking area on Baker Road a hundred yards north of the Cross Rivendell Trail trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Small Patches, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Slush, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings were not an issue EXCEPT for the one over the North Branch of Jacobs Brook, about one mile north on the Kodak Trail -- water level was quite high (a foot over the normal stepping stones) and moving fast and the only way across was by wading. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails are in decent shape -- quite a bit of deadfall and debris to clear. Two decent-sized (chainsaw) duck-under blowdowns on the Kodak Trail. |
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 | Bugs: |
A few bugs -- nothing too annoying, though. |
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 | Comments: |
We did a loop hike over Mt. Cube -- using current and old AT routes.
We parked a car near the Cross Rivendell Trail trailhead on Baker Road, walked south on Baker Road (old AT route), and then east on Quinntown Road until it intersects with the current route of the AT -- the Kodak Trail. We then went up the Kodak Trail (with a stop at the Hexacuba Shelter) to the summit of Mt. Cube before taking the Cross Rivendell Trail (old AT route) back to the car.
Trail conditions notes: Kodak Trail is in decent shape, dry on the lower third, wet conditions on the middle third, and then some bits of monorail and rotten snow, none of it a problem -- completely barebootable. All ledges are bone dry. Cross Rivendell Trail is a typical spring season mess -- long stretches of monorail and softening blue ice up top, then dry trail, then long stretches of wet, muddy trail.
We carried snowshoes (so we would not have to use them; that's the way it works), anticipating much more snow on the upper section of the Kodak Trail than was actually there. We did not need the light traction until coming down the Cross Rivendell Trail.
Great views (as always) from the Kodak Trail (Eastman Ledges and upper ledges). Not a soul on the trails but us.
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-04-21 |
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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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