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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Tripyramid (attempt), Midde Tripyramid (attempt), NH
Trails
Trails: Pine Bend Brook Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parked on the side of the Kanc, the trail sign is visible to those who look 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Wet Trail, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Many water crossings, all forded with little effort, but not possible to avoid stepping in flowing water at times. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Many blowdowns, blazes seem to end in the wilderness area 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: just trash 
 
Comments
Comments: At the begining of the day, I was really expecting that it would be the water crossings that forced a turn around, this was not so. The monorail, visible as a twisted white snake inches above the tread of the trail, is a foot at its widest and often much slimmer. We started on snowshoes, switched to microspikes, then barebooted up until 1/4 mile before the wilderness area started. We found barebooting was the only logical choice in these sections, as microspikes hardly helped traction in the rotting granular snow, and snowshoes made the water crossings, each spaced about 20 mins apart, much harder than necessary. Beyond this, the tread off the monorail goes from unconsolidated snow, to mud, to stream, and back again, making for awkward footing no matter what. Snowshoes became absolutely necessary as the trail moved away from the lower elevation streams, and we often preferred stepping in the wet snow near the monorail over the monorail itself. About 1/2 mile past the Wilderness Area sign, the trail crosses and follows yet another stream, and goes to a steep incline (easy up, hard down). At the bottom of this incline there is a birch with a blaze and the word GO! carved into it. The corridor continued some, but soon became indescriminate. The only thing that looked like a trail led us to what is now a streambed covered with undermined snow. This was not a safe option for us. Not finding a viable way after some sluething, we turned back to slide down the hill.  
Name
Name: Pat and Cassie 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2019-04-24 
Link
Link: https:// 
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