| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Livermore, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Old Mountain Road, Crawford Ridgepole Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plowed turnaround atop Mountain Road in Holderness. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Comments: |
Old Mountain Road has lots of blue ice bulges at this point from the running water freezing in recent days. Too much ice to consider barebooting. Microspiking won't be a good idea when temperatures warm up shortly, as the bulges will be very soft and result in deep slush postholing. Snowshoes were ideal due to the longer span of traction.
Logging operation crosses Old Mountain Road a few dozen feet up, but otherwise very little impact.
Livermore Trail was fairly firm, but barebooters in recent days had postholed in places. Otherwise, a decent snowshoe track.
Snowpack is generally around a foot. Good bushwhacking conditions with snowshoes.
Squam Lake is frozen over. |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-12-12 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos |
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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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