| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
South Baldface, North Baldface, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Baldface Circle Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only a handful of other cars. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Rock hopping on the lower trail crossing requires some care but not difficult. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Blazes were often difficult to find, care required to stay on route. Trail could use a lot of branch trimming. Consider goggles for eye protection. |
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 | Comments: |
Folks, unless its August dont consider doing the Baldfaces in anything other than snowshoes (bring spikes for the long rocky/icy ascent to South Baldface). Trail is severly postholes, now frozen and some apparently bottomless. Great hike because of the sunshine, clarity and views but the combination of post holes and dodging branches on the descent make it hard to recommend until things soften up/thaw. |
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 | Name: |
Barry Mullan |
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 | E-Mail: |
mullan@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-04-09 |
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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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