| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Black Hill (Orford), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Snowmobile trails, logging road, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at plowed end of Quinttown Road, approx 3 mi from Rt 25A.
Quinttown Rd. well plowed, though narrow at times. Currently drivable by any vehicle. |
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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: |
From vehicle, snowshoed on snomo trail 154 approx 2.3 mi. to a major jct. Here, trail 154 continues N, and a connector trail goes SE to join snomo trail 5. We took this connector trail for about 15 minutes until we encountered a huge, gated logging road coming from the N. Walked up this road approx 15 minutes to bw starting point. Previous posts have well described the bw to the summit.
Fortunately summit jar was wrapped in orange tape otherwise we would have never found it. This area is choked with smaller spruce trees. The snow laden boughs almost thoroughly hide the jar.
breaking effort - moderate, sinking 6-12” in nice powder
tree density - nearly all wide open hardwoods, some thicker, larger spruce just beyond the cliff band, very sprucy at immediate summit area
grades - easy, including getting around the cliff band |
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 | Name: |
campsite |
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 | E-Mail: |
campsite50 at gmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-03-08 |
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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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