| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Chocorua, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Champney Falls Trail, Piper Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 20, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plowed and spacious |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Crossings were all bridged and seem solid |
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 | Comments: |
Snowshoes car to car. Same old story with the bareboot postholing, so I won’t rehash that. Wear Snowshoes. Anyways, on the way up I passed a group of three others in snowshoes headed to Middle Sister. The Middle sister cutoff is now tromped down pretty well but still super soft. I continued up to the Chocorua summit on beautifully untouched trail. Piper trail and Middle sister trail were also untouched and remain that way as of 1pm today. I did not see any sign of tracks to the summit from the Liberty trail side, either, so that may be unbroken as well. I wore snowshoes across the ledges to the summit but I would recommend switching to beater spikes for the trek above treeline …the only significant snow up there is in the few hundred yards before the summit scramble. |
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 | Name: |
woodsyjess |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-01-20 |
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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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