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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Passaconaway, NH
Trails
Trails: FR37, bushwhack, Eastern Slides, Walden Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff, Oliverian Brook Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery, Snow/Ice - Small Patches 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Starting from the end of FR37, I bushwhacked through open woods to a beaver bog with great views of Passaconaway; from here I continued through relatively open forest to the base of Passaconaway and the 1938 eastern slide, passing by a remote logging camp along the way. I found great conditions on the 1938 slide, with good footing and very little ice. At the top of the slide, I slabbed west through thick woods until I reached the heavily revegetated track of the 1800s slide; microspikes went on at around 3400ft to aid with the sporadic ice and snow in the gully. There were a few large rocks to bypass, but nothing too bad, and the occasional ledge viewpoint offered some great views back to the beaver bog. At one point near the ridge crest, I heard hikers talking about five yards away from me (on the Walden Trail); the summit was only .2 miles away, but since I wanted to bushwhack the mountain from base to summit, I descended a fair distance and then re-ascended the summit cone at a different angle, pushing through heinous deadfall. I found no other people on the summit, and the Walden Trail had some easy sections of ice on the descent.  
Name
Name: timbercamp 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2020-11-23 
Link
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