| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Welch Mountain, Dickey Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Welch Dickey Loop Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
11 cars in the lot at 1 PM on Tuesday. 8 NH, 2 MA and 1 OH. For comparison, around Noon there were six vehicles at Champney Falls, 0 at Sabbaday Falls, 3 roadside near Pine Bend brook trail and 2 roadside near Greeley brook trail. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Wet/Slippery Rock, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
I like the way the maintainers protect the areas of fragile vegetation. |
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 | Comments: |
Standard counter-clockwise loop. Barebooted until the passage between the large split rock, then the micro-spikes went on. I ended up putting them on and off 4-5 times. Ascending Dickey, it's possible to bareboot by grabbing rocks and branches, but better to use micro-spikes and avoid hand contact nowadays. Impossible to stay upright descending from Welch. Buttsliding was necessary. Only saw one couple and one man with a dog during the entire hike. Social distance maintained. |
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 | Name: |
Al S |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-04-01 |
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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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