Red Hill - Red Hill Trail, Cabin Trail - 2-16-2019

Hiking Trail Conditions Report
	Peaks	Red Hill, NH

	Trails:	Red Hill Trail, Cabin Trail

	Date of Hike:	Saturday, February 16, 2019

	Parking/Access Road Notes:	Nobody parked in the actual lot as it wasnâ€™t plowed. Only room for 3-4 conscientiously parked cars in the smaller lot below. We were the 4th there around 10:15 and there wasnâ€™t room for us so we parked in the pulloff. One of two cars there upon our return at 2:45-3:00.

	Surface Conditions:	Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky

	Recommended Equipment:	Snowshoes, Light Traction

	Water Crossing Notes:	None of any consequence

	Trail Maintenance Notes:	The red and blue diamonds used to mark the trail are relatively frequent particularly the red ones on Red Hill Trail. Still, the Cabin Trail above the old hunters trail was difficult to follow. Some blowdowns in the way of things on the upper Cabin Trail but they were easily walked around. We saw many other blowdowns but they were all off trail :)

	Dog-Related Notes:	Saw a few and they seemed to be doing fine.

	Bugs:	My mom spied one spider

	Lost and Found:	None


	Comments:	Did this one with the parents. We could have used snowshoes the whole way but we used spikes until the Cabin Trail turned off the snowmobile trail. The snow was kind of crusty and sticky as we broke it but it wasnâ€™t entirely supportive so snowshoes were best. That said, you could have barebooted without postholing I think; you just would have been consistently sinking a couple inches. Warm but windy day to go somewhere Iâ€™d never been before :)

	Name:	Liam Cooney

	E-Mail:	liamcooney96@gmail.com

	Date Submitted:	2019-02-16

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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.