| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
West Quarry Mountain, Mt. Anna, Mt. Mack, Mt. Klem, Rand Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Reed Road Trail, Quarry Trail, Marsh Crossing Trail, Belknap Range Trail, Glidden Road, unknown road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, November 23, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
reed road parking lot had gotten a one blade width pass in and out by a plow which knocked down the bank at the road and made it easy to drive in the lot though parking options for low clearance is still limited without a little shoveling. with mid height awd i was able to biff into the unplowed snow and park without much issue. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
all crossings readily hopped today. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
one big blowdown along this route between anna and mack at the beginning of the true ascent of mack. large spruce that will require a big saw or axe. |
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 | Comments: |
pretty full snow coverage along the whole route. depths varied, but were often over a foot with deeper sections and some drifting in spots. on rockier sections of trail there is still not enough to fully bury obstacles so some care is required with footing while snowshoeing. some ice on ledgier sections, but it was almost all buried enough to be a non issue. the reed road trail had been tracked out up to west quarry. after that the trails had been untouched until i got around to rand where i found the same snowshoe tracks that had gone up west quarry. i did a couple short bushwhacks up on rand to cut off a bit of trail and miss a section of ledge that i assumed to be icy under the snow. from rand i followed the older snowshoe tracks down to glidden road then dropped down glidden road for a bit to an old vague road that cuts over to reed road trail a minute or two above the gate. |
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 | Name: |
bryan |
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 | E-Mail: |
bryancuddihee@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-11-23 |
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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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