| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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East Osceola, Mt. Osceola, Middle Osceola, West Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail, herd path, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, December 22, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked in the plowed space off the Kanc a little ways beyond the summer lot. Plenty of space there, as well as the additional plowed space located before the summer lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Comments: |
The trails are perfectly packed for good traction with snowshoes on all the steep parts. Up high, the snow was fairly consolidated, so breaking trail over to Middle and West was actually not bad at all. Going to Middle I did a pretty poor job of following the herd path and went all around in a meandering path, but nothing was too thick to get through. Between Middle and West the herd path was more obvious, probably because the spine of the ridge was clear and the woods were more open. The rock at Peggy's Perch has no ice, just snow. It was easy enough to get up on the left side, and I went down through the trees on the right side of the rock, though I could have done it the other way around just as easily. Both canisters on Middle and West were frozen solid - not surprising after all the earlier rain. |
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 | Name: |
umsaskis |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-12-22 |
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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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