| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Martha, Owlshead, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Cherry Mountain Trail, Martha’s Mile |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 23, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking area relatively free of snow/ice. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None to worry about. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Martha’s Mike has a lot of blowdowns, but easy enough to navigate around. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Bugs: |
N/A |
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 | Lost and Found: |
N/A |
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 | Comments: |
Spikes car-to-car today. Some snowpack from trailhead to about 2200’. A few bare spots in between. Much more bare between 2200’ - 2500’; not sure why. More snowpack above 2500’ with a decent monorail that you could feel. In some areas you could definitely punch through the crust. Above 3000’ still easily over a foot of snow. Losing the monorail meant postholing knee-deep.
Snowmobile track was packed out nicely to summit of Martha. Martha’s Mile seems like it had much less traffic on it. Some monorail, but there was postholing to be had. Scramble up to Owlshead ledge was icy, but nothing unmanageable given the numerous tree holds.
At this point, I wouldn’t recommend snowshoes unless you wanted them strictly for televators. I would not have wanted any part of that last scramble with snowshoes on. |
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 | Name: |
Chef |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-12-23 |
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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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