| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Piper Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Piper Mountain Trail, Old Piper Trail, White Trail, Carriage Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 25, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The little parking spot just outside gate at bottom of Carriage Road was filled with 6 cars at noon. Hopefully the cars that were double parked were from the same group? I stuck to the roadside, as did everyone who came after me. 4 cars along the roadside when I returned. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Some water running under the snow in places. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is in good condition. Just minor broken branches and twigs. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Some deep postholed drifts on top. |
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 | Comments: |
Sufficient snow to stay in snowshoes the entire way, including all of the Carriage road. On Piper Mtn trail, there is some water running under the trail in spots, you can collapse through. There's one short bare icy spot where the cairns begin. My short Evo's snowshoe crampons were cutting into the ice enough for traction. Nothing major.
The Old Piper trail was a mess of drifts and postholes, but none of it really slowed me down in snowshoes. On the Carriage Road I found it more relaxing to break new trail in the couple inches of powder; that way my ankles were not getting turned all about.
There must have been quite the raging water coming down that mountain during the rainstorm. At one spot on the Carriage Road, there is an open culvert for a small brook. The road surface is several feet above the culvert. You can see where the water raced down the mountain, carving additional new paths in the snow, and then jumped the entire road, forming a sort of foot tall rime/snow pattern across the road. |
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 | Name: |
Steve Marion |
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 | E-Mail: |
swamp_fox@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-01-25 |
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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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