| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Shaw, Mt. Flagg, Black Snoot, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Cold Spring Road, Faraway Mountain Connector, Oak Ridge Cutoff, High Ridge Trail, Gorilla Trail, Black Snout Trail, Faraway Mountain Trail, Turtleback Mountain Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow - Drifts, Mud - Significant, Snow - Spring Snow, Leaves - Significant/Slippery, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None but sections of Oak Ridge Cutoff was a river |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Multiple blowdowns on the Gorilla trail |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Mine was very happy today |
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 | Comments: |
This was my dog’s final Ossipee 10 hike and we had to use the unused Gorilla trail to get to Mount Flagg, which was only scary because I was thinking about the moose and coyote poop we found in abundance, though no animals sightings happened. I also lost the trail multiple times but my Gaia map on my phone helped me find it (and having hiked this before in autumn helped a lot) - I’d only recommend people take this trail who have done it before at this point because it has a lot of deep snow drifts from Shaw summit down to about 2600’ which make the trail markers invisible (most are on the rocks themselves) - otherwise the route to Flagg was mostly great!
As for the rest, I was happy to see no snow on the High Ridge trail until after the junction with Turtleback Mtn trail - from there up to Shaw, there were large thin areas of snowpack that I mostly didn’t break through and were barebootable - I had spikes but didn’t use them anywhere. Oakridge cutoff was a mud river and very deep in places (waterproof knee socks was the way to fall into puddles here and the deep snow drifts on Gorilla trail). The rest of the trails were dry with patches of water and mud. Shouldn’t be too much longer before the rivers running through the trails taper off! |
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 | Name: |
Squealer |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-04-27 |
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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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