| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Nancy (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nancy Pond Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, December 27, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
no problems. plowed, icy, but sanded |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All water is low but running. crossings are done with care on icy rocks. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many broken tree branches in trail. One go around.
Trail above Nancy Cascade at height of land toward Nancy Pond is a trench. |
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 | Comments: |
Start of trail is firm from previous hikers. Light traction is good. Stream crossings took some searching for the best place to cross. Able to cross on icy rocks between running water and thin ice. Stream banks are eroded tremendously in places with steep banks to climb out of. Trail in good shape to the cascades from previous use.
Changed to snowshoes at steeps, just beyond lower crossing of cascade. There is a breakable surface crust over unpacked snow powder over another breakable crust to bare ground. It went well along the switchbacks above the cascades. The crust surface became more breakable on the level area toward the pond. Being the trail is now a washed out trench did not help either. Slow going with unrelenting snowshoe post holing through the surface crust, added to a lack of interest to go further.
There is a descent track now to where we turned back. Conditions may change after next weather event.
Good day in the woods with Gary T. |
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 | Name: |
hikinguy |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-12-27 |
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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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