| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Mist, Webster Slide Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bushwhack, Wachipauka Pond Trail, Webster Slide Trail, railroad grade |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, December 29, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Ample parking at AT trailhead on Rt 25 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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Bushwhack (old AT corridor), Wachipauka Pond Trail, Webster Slide Trail, RR grade
Easily booted entire hike, with absolutely zero postholing on trail. Encountered all conditions between vehicle and both summits. Started seeing treacherous ice among the rocks on trail as we climbed Wyatt Hill. Fortunately these conditions eventually changed to hard packed snow N of the pond. BW the 3 Mist summit bumps. We used microspikes on the Webster Slide steeps, although we had brought full crampons just in case.The steeps had all conditions - snow, ice, bare rocks, soft ice, hard ice. When the microspikes wouldn't dig into the hard ice, we walked off trail.
Wanting to avoid the ice and rocks of the Wyatt Hill section of the trail, we started looking for the old AT corridor N of the pond. At approx 1480' we saw what looked like a corridor in the hard woods.
We turned N on this corridor and soon noticed that this trail is reasonably wide and still being lightly maintained. Great trail bed until 1200' where the trail started skirting the edge of a severely eroded section of the old trail. Turned off the trail at 1100', where we directed ourselves NE to the RR grade. Followed this back to the car.
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campsite |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-12-31 |
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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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