| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Moriah, NH |
|
 | Trails: |
Stony Brook Trail, Carter Moriah Trail |
|
 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, January 28, 2023 |
|
 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for plenty at the well plowed parking lot |
|
 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
|
 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
|
 | Water Crossing Notes: |
One larger crossing about mile one, very smooth. Handful of little streams to cross but nothing challenging at all. |
|
 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two trees to duck under, only awkward because my pack was so big! |
|
 | Dog-Related Notes: |
My partner's dog did great! If I had to guess this wouldn't have been the trail for a little dog though. |
|
 | Bugs: |
|
|
 | Lost and Found: |
North Face liner up at the AT junction w/ Stony Brook |
|
|
|
|
 | Comments: |
Trail is not packed enough to enjoy wearing microspikes. I felt great in my snowshoes, no trouble at all on Stony but faced the regular drift issues we all encounter once I was on the Carter-Moriah trail. Revisiting BubblesTheHiker's post from yesterday (hi!), I'm mainly posting here to say ALWAYS KEEP TAPE IN YOUR BAG! Medical tape does work (only because we both had two massive rolls of it), but I was wishing I hadn't taken the duct tape out of my bag the week before as another backup. We were the medical tape snowshoe crew, if that warning didn't give it away. Mine were great, but Julia's broke in every single way they could break. It was challenging to fix them, but she is so strong and awesome that we still summited once we taped those boards onto her feet. We got to see gorgeous evening light from the ridge too.
We hiked the last three miles by head lamp and I will say, the fact that our winter hiking bags were extensive enough to comfortably survive the night made the usual dark-hiking fears nonexistent!
**PICTURES, THE SNOWSHOE FIX PICS, AND MORE IN BLOG POST BELOW!!!** |
|
 | Name: |
wheresizzy |
|
 | E-Mail: |
isabella.risitano@me.com |
|
| Date Submitted: |
2023-01-29 |
|
 | Link: |
 https://www.wheresizzy.com/post/moriah-via-stony-brook-carter-moriah-1-28-23 |
|
|
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. |
|
