| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Doublehead Mountain, Mt. Squam, Mt. Percival, Mt. Morgan, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Doublehead Trail, Crawford Ridgepole Trail, Mt. Morgan Trail, Morse Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 3, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We parked 3 cars (2 headed in, 1 parallel to road) of our group @ Eastman Brook TH. No room for more.
Morgan TH parking could accommodate ?10 cars
Percival parking lot not plowed
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Minor trimming with baby Silky |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Ploby too crusty for Fido |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Might have lost a pair of red Kahtoola microspikes? |
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 | Comments: |
We started up the serpentine, narrow trail to Doublehead, with all eyes focused on spotting the next marker. Trekked E once we hit Thompson Rd, then N back on the trail, and quickly came to the open view with picnic table, then on to DH with great ledge views S, before summit. We followed Crawford Ridgepole Trail westerly over the Squam bumps to Percival. Up to that point, we 5 were all on snowshoes, and the trails were untracked, but easy going over thickly crusted snow. The trail from Percival to Morgan was a mixed bag with few snowshoe tracks mixed with postholes. We descended Mt Morgan Trail, which was a solid, (too?)narrow microspikable trough, then Morse Trail to Percival TH (lot not plowed), and a final road walk back to the cars.
Glad that our captain was GPS tracking our trip, as we were slightly off trail a few times along Crawford Ridgepole Trail. |
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 | Name: |
gyork |
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 | E-Mail: |
glyork@pm.me |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-02-04 |
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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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