| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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West Royce Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Route 113, Royce Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
plenty of parking at Basin Pond/Cold River CGs access roads and Rt 113 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
no problems at 2 Mad River crossings |
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 | Comments: |
On Saturday, we heard that a group broke trail to West Royce so we wanted to take advantage of this before the next snow.
The trail was well broken, smooth and hard. Initially the trail musn't have needed much breaking but the snow got progressively deeper with elevation. From 900' to 2500'
the breaking effort must have been considerable in the deep snow on steep grades. For us, there was zero breaking effort until approx 2550', just .2 mile from the jct with the Burnt Mill Brook Trail. Here,the trail was no longer broken. The group must have turned back at this point. Now it was our turn to break. Wearing low flotation snowshoes - adequate for shallow snow and trails, but lousy for deep snow, we broke through deep snow to the summit - rewarded by clear blue skies and unlimited views.
Hats off to the group that broke so much of this trail.
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 | Name: |
campsite |
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 | E-Mail: |
campsite50 at gmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-01-15 |
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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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