| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Carter Dome, South Carter, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 7, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lot hadn’t been plowed recently and had maybe 3 inches of snow. Half full at 8 am and mostly full at 4. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There is a huge many-tree blowdown fully blocking the trail about ~100 feet north of the South Carter summit. I didn’t see a good way to navigate around it other than removing snowshoes and scrambling over at least 20 feet of snow-covered branches.
Lots of other blowdowns on the ridge but the rest were navigable. |
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 | Comments: |
Nineteen Mile: Well trod and could be easily bare booted. Maybe 4-6 inches of packed snow. I used snowshoes which also worked.
Carter Dome: Loose soft snow but broken out. Snow shoes are probably best.
Carter-Moriah: This was not broken out and had huge drifts and very soft snow. Also lots of blowdowns and trees bent over the trail. I wound up crawling under things several times. There was one person ahead of me out to Carter Dome who did the worst of the trail breaking. A group of four hikers also came up from the hut so by the time I headed back North the trail was in decent shape. The trail out to South Carter was similarly unbroken since the most recent snow. I got just past South Carter and hit the huge blowdown mentioned above and decided to turn back given the late time and general exhaustion.
Mt Height was not broken out. |
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 | Name: |
Joanna |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-12-08 |
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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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