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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Pierce, Mt. Eisenhower, NH
Trails
Trails: Crawford Path, Mizpah Cutoff, Webster-Jackson Trail, Eisenhower Loop
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: AMC lot is plowed and icy 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Traction, Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Nothing to note. Crusty snow bridges or frozen over aside from a trickle here and there 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Don’t remember anything on Crawford Path or Eisenhower loop. Variety of downed trees to Mizpah and onto Pierce. All can be managed though a few loops into the woods are needed 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: None today 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Cold day for a winter hike. Even as it warmed up, constant 30-40 mph wind from Pierce to Eisenhower was pretty chilling. Yay goggles

Crawford Path and up to Eisenhower has a monorail that is hard as a rock. Very little drifting down low. Maybe 2-3 inches as you get toward Pierce. Maybe 3-5 inches of drifting as you head toward Eisenhower. Eisenhower is icy. Wore microspikes and was fine but I could see how crampons are needed on this open dome.

The adventure over to Mizpah was similar but not as solid. Post holed from time to time at about 3 feet. Was a monorail there though. Trail was clearly less trafficked. Were the only footprints in the 2-5 inches of drift to the hut and up to Pierce

Saw some folks. Very little chit chat in the cold and wind. Some views off Eisenhower but Pierce was stuck in a cloud.
 
Name
Name: Tom B 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-12-26 
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