Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Doublehead, South Doublehead, NH |
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| Trails: |
Doublehead Ski Trail, New Path |
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| Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot was beautifully plowed!! Thank you! |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
All good. |
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| Bugs: |
snow fleas were out at low elevations |
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| Comments: |
A nice hike for a bluebird day. Roads are beautiful coming from 16B. Wore snowshoes all day.
Ski trail is well packed. Otherwise, trail is broken but needs more packing by snowshoes. One sketchy icy spot as we descended from N. Doublehead to the New path/Old path junction. Continued over to S. Doublehead for the best views of the day. Descended via New Path--not much snow to work with, and many steep icy sections (did a lot of involuntary, painful butt sledding). Many rocks and tree roots exposed on New Path. Once it levels out, snow was deeper and rocks/roots weren't much of an issue. After the next substantial snow, New Path will be much kinder on the snowshoes.
Judging by the trail at Old Path/New Path junction and Old Path/Ski trail junction, Old Path is broken out. |
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| Name: |
COR-AL |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-01-22 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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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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