| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Watatic, Nutting Hill, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Wapack Trail, Midstate Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 13, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Empty at 6:30 a.m. About 5-6 cars at 9:30 a.m. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Brook near split boulder is running, but an easy step across. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One blown between Nutting hill and the parking lot, just south of the Midstate trail junction. Easy to straddle and swing over. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
none seen today |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
none |
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 | Comments: |
Pretty much ice all the way to the Watatic summit. Especially thick below the parking lot and again at the ledges just before the Evans monument. Not8 enough snow for snowshoes. I used microspikes and had no problem at all but on return saw some people struggling across ice with bare boots. Watatic summit is pretty much bare rock, some snow between Watatic and Nutting Hill. Nutting Hill back to parking lot as essentially a frozen stream, easy with microspikes but can't imagine you could bare boot it and still stay on the trail. Picked up 4 soda cans that were discarded on summit trail. |
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 | Name: |
RJ Nick |
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 | E-Mail: |
rjnick@charter.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-01-13 |
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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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