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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Black Mountain - Middle Peak (Jackson), NH
Trails
Trails: Black Mountain Ski Trail, East Pasture, Black Mountain Cutoff
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plowed, room for 8 - 10 cars I’d guess  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Skis 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Many of the water bars appear to have never frozen this winter. I was able to get across all of them with some creative route finding and several big steps without taking off my skis. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Great shape! 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Skinned up to the Cabin in softening frozen granular snow, but switched to snowshoes to summit since snow was more breakable crust above the Cabin. Looped around East Pasture to Cutoff, neither of which had been traveled since last storm. Turning to cabin on the Cutoff I came across multiple fresh moose tracks/postholes wandering generally along the trail, but I never saw the moose. Nice ski down on soft spring snow as the sun warmed the trail.

Great view of the Presidentials from the cabin and nice, albeit limited, views of Wildcat, Carter Dome & Notch and Baldfaces from the summit. While no longer a 52WAV, I thought the views well worth the trip.  
Name
Name: Jay Baxter 
E-Mail
E-Mail: Jbaxtermdfacs@comcast.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2023-03-21 
Link
Link: https:// 
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