| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Scaur Peak, North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, South Tripyramid, West Sleeper, East Sleeper, Mt. Whiteface, Mt. Passaconaway, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Pine Bend Brook Trail, bushwhack, Mt. Tripyramid Trail, Kate Sleeper Trail, Rollins Trail, Dicey's Mill Trail, Walden Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff, Oliverian Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 15, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Side of road parking at Pine Bend (just enough space to get off the road). A medium size parking area is plowed at Oliverian. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The crossing on Passaconaway cutoff was open water and required either rock hoping or using a log across the river up stream. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Several blowdowns on Kate Sleeper of medium difficulty |
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 | Comments: |
Six of us hiked up Pine Bend to Tripyramids with a side trip to Scaur Peak. Three then turned back and three of us continued across the Sleepers to Whiteface and Passaconaway coming out Oliverain. Spikes did the job fine today although one of us preferred to use snowshoes the entire day and I switched back and forth a couple times. (I also preferred to use my crampons at the top of the Walden trail as it comes off Passaconaway. The others did ok without them.) The Tripyramids & Oliverian are well packed out and the other trails were moderately packed. Even the bushwhacks to Scaur and cutting the corner at the Tripyramid/Kate Sleeper junction had a crusty enough surface to stay on top. Kate Sleeper had a couple spots where navigation was tricky with the worst being where the trail takes a sharp left just after you've started the climb up to West Sleeper. (Avoid the tracks the go straight and the one that bears left along what looks like a corridor... instead take a sharp left and you'll see a blaze shortly.) |
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 | Name: |
Rick Simmons |
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 | E-Mail: |
RickNH1@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-03-15 |
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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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