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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Isolation, NH
Trails
Trails: Rocky Branch Trail, bushwhacks, Isolation Trail, Davis Path, Isolation Spur
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, January 20, 2020
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: The parking lot is not plowed. At least 4 cars made it to the top of the parking without trouble but even though I have 4 wheel drive I almost got stuck. Eventually I did make it up with difficulty. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Rocky Branch crossing was bridged and easy. A few mud holes that you need to be careful around but nothing difficult. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Several blowdowns on Isolation trail near the tent site and at least one on Davis but nothing difficult to bypass. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: There were a couple fainter tracks along the Engine Hill bushwhack but we followed the most packed one which wandered significantly and went too low. On the way back we broke out a better track higher up at around 3300'. When you are heading towards Isolation on the bushwhack and see a sharp right take that track up hill. I made an arrow and tried to fill in the older path but it's not likely to last. After that bushwhack we took the normal route up Isolation trail to Davis cutting the corner at the tent site. This cutoff was well packed and it looked like no one had gone to the true junction. Most of Davis Path required breaking trail since the wind had covered tracks from yesterday. (It was windy again today so our tracks here are likely to be gone by tomorrow.)

On the way down from Isolation we attempted the Iso Express bushwhack and broke a track out. We did well near the top but in the middle we went off and did an incorrect out & back which we put branches over. After that we were a little too low all the way back to the river crossing but it was all open woods which were easy to traverse. The river crossing at the bushwhack had enough snow covered boulders too cross without too much difficulty. (Part of the group crossed lower so either route works.)  
Name
Name: Rick Simmons 
E-Mail
E-Mail: RickNH1@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2020-01-20 
Link
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