| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, November 29, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked on the road at the TH, road is plowed and there was room to get off to the side behind the white lines. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
all open, easily crossed |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Several step overs and a couple of crawl unders on the Pine Bend Brook Trail. The trail sign at junction of Pine Bend Brook Trail was broken off at the post, we think by a very frisky moose! We found the upper portion of the sign about 4' away from the broken post in some brush. The area around the sign had a lot of evidence of moose activity. We propped the the sign back up in the snow next to the broken post pointing in the right direction for now, unless Mr. Moose comes back for a second round! |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
saw one, didn't seem to be having any issues. |
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 | Comments: |
Spikes were fine up until the Sandwich Wilderness boundary. There was a few inches of dense snow here with a breakable crust. After that snowshoes are advised. There was about a foot of new snow up high, which was very loose and unconsolidated. As mentioned above, there was heavy moose activity in a section of trail near the Scaur Ridge / Pine Bend Brook trail junction with lots of moose-postholing! Our group of 5 wore a mix of spikes and snowshoes up to the first summit, and then we all wore snowshoes from North over to Middle, and all the way back down to within 3/4 mile of the TH. Good snowshoe track laid down, but it is still quite soft and would benefit from additional packing. There was a single set of snowshoe tracks coming up the Sabbaday Brook trail, and a single set of footprints from someone who came up North Slide and then went down Sacur Ridge. |
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 | Name: |
Red |
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 | E-Mail: |
rarplumley@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-11-30 |
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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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