| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Crawford Path, Mizpah Cutoff, Mt. Clinton Trail, Dry River Trail, Mt. Eisenhower Trail, Dry River Cutoff, Webster Cliff Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, October 12, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked on the north side of 302 at 7:30a near the AMC Highland Center |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All manageable, including Dry River. |
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 | Comments: |
Fall is here, dropping leaves and taking names. We each slipped and slid our way a few times over the course of the day.
Dramatics aside…
We made quick work of the Crawford Path, with the usual muck and running water on trail. We found quarry sites, but struggled to see where the new found material had gone to. Mizpah Cutoff was more of the same. After a quick stop, we dropped down the Mt. Clinton Trail into the Dry River valley! Mt. Clinton was a mixed bag of beautiful stretches of trail, and either hidden muck or slippery rocks, but not as bad we remembered or expected. The true trail crossing for Mt. Clinton is on the riverbed, and marked downstream by cairns. There is one up stream, if you choose to bushwhack up the embankment to Dry River Trail. Heading toward Dry River Cutoff, the Dry River Trail had nothing new to report, and I was happy to find the tricky slide crossing a little more solid than last year. There is a lot less to report about the ascent of Dry River Cutoff than expected: it is a bit tricky initially at the first crossing (stay straight), and then where it takes a hard right at what looks like a nice camp spot and crosses a tributary. After that, it had a couple patches of muck and some step overs…otherwise it was my personal favorite trail of the day. Getting back to Mizpah, the Webster Cliff trail reminded us that we were back with civilization again. Lots of people, and mud. Returning to the Crawford Path for our descent back to 302, we found snow in the trees around 4200’. Washington was peaking (see what I did there?) out of the clouds, and was frosty. |
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 | Name: |
bria, Nordic_gal |
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 | E-Mail: |
breahmaria at gmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-10-13 |
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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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