| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Shaw, Black Snoot, Big Ball Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Shaw Trail, Black Snout Trail, Banana Trail, Tate Mountain Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for several cars at Shaw trailhead. Unplowed, but only 2-3 inches of snow. No big deal. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
several, mostly frozen over. Manageable. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Ice flows on Banana trail could be a problem. |
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 | Comments: |
Used microspikes all the way. Snowshoes not needed. 2 to 3 inches of snow over a crusty base of several inches which generally held my weight. A few short sections of small drifts were hard packed. The brook was mostly bridged and not too difficult. Used the Banana trail coming down, and the steep sections had blue ice flows. I navigated around most of them, but they were covered with the recent snow and a bit tricky. Saw where a moose had hit a long flow and had gone sprawling down it for about 100 feet. Leg and body marks shooting in all directions. Wish I could have seen that. |
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 | Name: |
scrambler |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-12-28 |
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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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