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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Moriah, NH
Trails
Trails: Carter-Moriah Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking off Bangor St lot 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None of note 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Minimal blowdown's up to Mt. Surprise. After that (3.5 miles in), blowdown's galore and trail almost non-existant 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: Occasional black fly, no skeeters yet 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Jacket and Tubbs snowshoe still sitting at trailhead sign 
 
Comments
Comments: from the trailhead to just below mt. surprise, not much snow to speak of and the trail was easy to follow. on mt surprise, easy to follow someone else's track up the trail, snow was deeper and ledges were tricky. about 3miles in (around 3000 ft), we lost the trail and ended up bushwhacking to the summit. Followed someone else's tracks back to where we started the whack and had a nice trip back. Ledge's were worse in the day with water runoff from the slushy snow. Anyone attempting this will find it a hair-pulling day for sure (several different bushwhacks that i could tell). I barebooted the whole trip with minimal postholes (you can see others though). Beautiful day otherwise.

Greg  
Name
Name: HardcoreIdiot 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2010-04-25 
Link
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