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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Parker Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Spencer Smith Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, February 20, 2015
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Enough room for several cars; the trailhead parking is in a pulloff off NH 126 in Strafford. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: No blowdowns or anything to speak of, although I wonder what the trail will be like when the snow melts... 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Wore snowshoes the whole way. There were remains of a trench, but it was covered with a few inches to a foot of unpacked powder, partly from drifting. The section of trail after the second ledge viewpoint may be hard to follow due to drifting snow covering the trench, but if you look carefully for a corridor, you'll be fine. Didn't see anyone the whole time, which was kind of peaceful.

This was the first time since February 2012 that I hiked Parker Mountain, and I'm kicking myself for taking this long to go back. While the summit is kind of meh (except for the massive cairn), the pre-summit viewpoints are good (and would be excellent places to view a sunrise), the steep section is a good physical challenge and would make for nice glissading, and the ridge walking was nice.  
Name
Name: Spencer 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2015-02-20 
Link
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