| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Surprise, Mt. Moriah, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Carter-Moriah Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 5, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The parking lot was well plowed, and the dozen or so hiker cars today were all parked there. Please continue parking at the lot a few houses before the end of the road, and not at the end of the road, to respect the local residents. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
The trail is a hard packed highway going up, perfect for just spikes. HOWEVER, in the large glade about two miles up, drifting started to completely obscure the trail; from there to the summit, it was on-again-off-again drifts/hard-pack. I switched to snowshoes there, and did not regret my decision. I left the snowshoes on until I got past there again on the way down; the trail was pretty loose over the solid base up high, and they were a lot easier to walk in. Most other hikers on the day seemed to be sticking to spikes, with most of them not having snowshoes with them as an alternative. They wasn't any postholing, just slippery churn in the drifted areas. Despite trip reports from a week ago, there was no sign of tracks at all from the summit going towards the Stoney Brook Trail side, although there was one car parked over at that trailhead in the afternoon, so somone might've broken it out at this point. |
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 | Name: |
KHiggs |
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 | E-Mail: |
higgik2@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-02-06 |
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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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