| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Middle Carter, South Carter, Carter Dome, NH |
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 | Trails: |
NH 16, Camp Dodge Cutoff, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, Carter Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Nineteen Mile Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, May 24, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at nineteen mile Brook trailhead today. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easy rock hops |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Not too much other than usual spring clean up. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw a few having an easy time. Especially cool to see Ruger with his beautiful brindle coat and dog mom, Kristina. |
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 | Bugs: |
They’re back especially down low and looking for a free lunch. We used some bug spray but it wasn’t so bad that we needed to put on the nets. But soon… |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Found a white winter hat hanging in a tree on nineteen mile, I carried it out to the trailhead kiosk and left it there. |
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 | Comments: |
Wind forecast was not looking good to visit the northern Presidentials today, so we opted for the carters at least giving us a view of the northerns. Definitely windy but it was great for keeping the bugs away. We were pleasantly surprised with the trail conditions. We expected postholing in rotting snow on north Carter trail, but only a couple very short patches of it and not enough to use spikes. All ice and snow on the ridge was avoidable, barely any! A lot has changed in the past week. The only spot we used spikes was coming back down from Carter dome summit for about 0.3 miles where it was easier to have them on in this one section of snow. All the trails were mostly dry with only a few spots of running water on the trail. Probably some of the best spring conditions we could’ve asked for. Ran into a few others today. One couple working on finishing up their 48 over 70, congrats to them! We hope to be still hiking when over 70! Other fellow aspiring gridiots , way to go Karen for gridding out Carter Dome and May today! |
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 | Name: |
Bradygirl1 |
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 | E-Mail: |
Sperry66@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-05-24 |
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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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