NewEnglandTrailConditions.com
NewEnglandTrailConditions.com:
MA
|
ME
|
NH
|
RI/CT
|
VT
|
Ski
Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Firescrew, NH
Trails
Trails: Manning Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, January 13, 2019
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at AMC Cardigan Lodge. Lot was half full early in the morning, and more or less the same way before noon. (Not a busy day.) 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Not an issue. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Trail is in decent shape -- just one small duck-under and one small walk-around. Quite a bit of wind-blown detritus that we cleared out. Still a few small bent-over saplings that are face-slappers. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Some of the best winter conditions we've ever seen on the Manning Trail -- good snow and no need for anything but snoeshoes.

We broke trail through about a foot of new, dry powder, which increased to about two feet and sometimes deeper drifts near the summit. Snowshoes the entire way -- trail is broken but not consolidated.

The usual tricky steep eroded spot just before the upper ledges, often a blue ice cascade, had quite a fit of snow -- snowshoes were easy here.

On the upper ledges there's complete coverage and enough snow to stay in snowshoes, especially where it's drifted.

Light traction and traction stayed in the pack.

Beautiful early sun on the summit -- no wind, blue skies.

NOTE: about 0.1 miles before the summit, someone who went up several days ago a created dead-ended track while looking for the trail. Pay attention here, as this route takes one way off trail, about 100 feet south of the actual route and just east of some tough ledges. If you know the trail on the upper ledges, despite the snow-covered cairns, you'll be fine. If not, follow our track, which follows the actual trail.

 
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2019-01-14 
Link
Link: https:// 
Bookmark and Share 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.

Copyright 2009-2024, All Rights Reserved