| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Cannon Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lonesome Lake Trail, Hi-Cannon Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, December 16, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Small lot at Lafayette Place is plowed but I still had to drive over some ice mounds to access a spot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The two crossings between the campground and the Hi Cannon junction are bridged. The stream a couple tenths of a mile up Hi Cannon has icy, slippery rock. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There are a few blowdowns, nothing that can't be stepped over, under or around. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Found a pair of trekking poles leaning against the WMNF sign near the summit. I didn't see anyone around but left them alone just in casethe owner was nearby exploring to the tram or ski lift. |
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 | Comments: |
Not a bad day to be out, although the clouds were low and there were no views to speak of. I used spikes from the campground to just past the Hi Cannon junction, then switched to snowshoes for the remainder of the hike. The snow is consolidated enough for spikes but I prefer having televators for steep pitches, plus it makes for a smoother trail. Above the Dodge cutoff there are a few recently washed out and refrozen patches and lots of uneven, crusty snow. Above the ladder there are a bunch of ice flows which were fortunately soft enough for my snowshoe traction to be adequate . The trail continues to be narrow, crusty and uneven up to the junction with Kinsman Ridge trail (fortunately I think my snow shoes widened the track and evened things out a bit) then it is well packed and smooth sailing from KRT to the summit. There were some snow flurries while I was hiking but no appreciable accumulation. |
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 | Name: |
no_switchbacks |
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 | E-Mail: |
hokiehen@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-12-16 |
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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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