| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Crawford Connector, Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 31, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Nothing of concern |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
If you're dog doesn't have recall, can you please leash it? Many on the mountains are scared of 60lb dogs rushing towards them barking. |
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 | Comments: |
Crawford Path to Pierce is bony. We barebooted until about 0.25m below summit of Pierce. There was some thick flow ice above the Mizpah Cutoff. We saved Pierce summit for return trip to avoid an unruly, big offleash dog. Crawford on to Eisenhower was somewhat drifted on the exposed sections, and might have been difficult to follow for those unfamiliar with the trail if there hadn't been about 4 tracks ahead of us. Once getting above the stairs the drifts got 3' deep. No one brought snowshoes, including us, and as a result, there were very deep postholes. Some had beelined up to the summit, but we stayed on trail. The summit was relatively bare. There were reports of the trail beyond edmands path intersection, up towards Monroe, being unhikable without snowshoes. The snow was firm and would have supported snowshoed hikers. |
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 | Name: |
The Handsome Hiker |
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 | E-Mail: |
rcorsaro@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-01-02 |
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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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