| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, Mt. Jackson, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail, Webster Jackson Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, November 30, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the pavilion. Coating of fresh snow, less than inch with hard packed snow and some ice patches, by the return it was quite slushy. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Crossing on Webster Jackson is snow bridged mostly with a few holes with visible water |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Blow down that required crawling under about 1/4 mile from road on Webster Jackson |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
One happy pup on Eisenhower helping break trail (much appreciated) |
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 | Comments: |
PSA: snowshoes should minimally be carried. Crawford path to the junction was well packed, we opted to bareboot up, a few patches of ice here and there but easily avoidable. Whole new story after the junction over to Eisenhower, right after the junction we ran into loose powder, with shin deep drifts and a very unpacked trail. At this point we opted to switch to snowshoes. Snowshoes proved vital, there was a group of two in front of us with their pup that we met up with at the summit of Eisenhower, they broke out the trail in snowshoes (once again much appreciated).
With the 4 of us in snowshoes and another group of 3 in snowshoes the trail was starting to look great, ended up coming upon two in spikes on the trip to Pierce, trail was not looking looking great after we ran into them. Opted to keep snowshoes on for our trip to Jackson. The trail had been packed down by a couple of snowshoers but turned up by several barebooters. Snowshoes were not completely necessary, however snowshoes helped with some deeper drifts and the loose snow. Once we summited Jackson we opted for spikes down as Webster Jackson was just like Crawford Path, well packed and fast. |
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 | Name: |
George Somerset |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-11-30 |
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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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