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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Wolf, NH
Trails
Trails: Kinsman Ridge Trail, bushwhack, Dilly Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: plenty of parking at Beaver Brook TH 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Slush 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: only a few mudholes; lots of bog bridges a little tough to find under the slush so they were slippery - I slid off the edge of several 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: no major issues. Also, Dilly Trail is much better blazed for the uphill - I had a little trouble finding blazes going downhill until I looked back uphill 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: would be OK for dogs 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Turned out to be a wet, wet, wet day!!!! Wore full goretex and eventually soaked everything to the skin and the soles of my feet!!!! Still, a fine day for this hike in complete solitude. Drizzled and was about 30F all day.


Followed indistinct snowshoe tracks to the Gordon Pond Jct and then there was about 4-6" of slushy snow up to Mt Wolf. Did the little bushwhack to actual summit - easy to find. Passed a few areas of very fresh bear tracks - they crossed the trail - must be up and about looking for food?


Decided to descend on the Dilly Trail - sign at top says, "Difficult" - I figured how bad could it be? I prepared to butt-slide down but it was a bit too bony. One of the steepest trails I've been on in recent memory!!!! 600+' down in 3/4 mi is FUN!!!! Footing was OK but it took me a while. Saw some unusual ice formations - a special treat!


At the bottom, at Lost River, there were signs the trail was closed and the reservation said "No Tresspassing" - top of the trail was not marked that way, tho!!!  
Name
Name: Becca Munroe 
E-Mail
E-Mail: beccahiker@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2011-12-31 
Link
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