| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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South Percy Peak, North Percy Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nash Stream Road, Percy Peaks Trail, South Percy Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 16, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Nash Stream road is plowed and the gate is open, but it is closed to unauthorized vehicles. We parked at the gate and walked the plowed road for about 2mi. to the trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Comments: |
The trail to the col showed evidence of recent travel, which made for little initial breaking effort. Snowshoes were best on the way up, but it was bony in places. Some hidden blue ice to watch out for. No recent travel was evident on the way up to the south peak, which required us to put in some minor breaking effort through drifts and deeper snow. The North Percy cone was well covered in snow and blue ice. We both snowshoed up; to descend, Amy did well in Tubbs Flex Alps, but I felt better switching my MSR shoes out for crampons. We actually kept our snowshoe off for much of the trip down as the steep sections were too bony for us to want to negotiate descent in snowshoes. |
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 | Name: |
zporterColdRiverCampCook, Nordic Gal |
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 | E-Mail: |
zap88@tds.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-01-16 |
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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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