| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Slide Peak, Mt. Isolation, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Glen Boulder Trail, Davis Path, Isolation Spur, Isolation Trail, Rocky Branch Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, May 27, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Easy parking at 9:00 at Rocky Branch and Glen Ellis |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All crossings on Rocky Branch are high, but with strategy and willingness to look upstream and downstream, hoppable with only wet shoes. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two patches of significant blowdowns on Isolation trail requiring master-level limbo skills or small re-route. GPS was helpful to assure we were still on-trail. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Black flies were nasty for the last 2 miles on Rocky Branch |
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 | Comments: |
Significant monorail still left for about 1/3 of a mile in the trees on Glen Boulder before re-emerging into the alpine at the Davis Path juncture. It was not avoidable and quite unstable, so that section is not particularly fun right now. That monorail is rotten to the point where traction is no longer helpful. There’s also monorail left on Davis Path, but it is less deep and more frequently avoidable. Rocky Branch was its typical wet and occasionally muddy self. Overall, conditions are making Isolation a little more challenging than usual right now on this route, but we still had a blast! |
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 | Name: |
Cindy |
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 | E-Mail: |
sophelia761@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-05-28 |
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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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