| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ravine Lodge Road, Gorge Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 10, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Road was plowed/drifted. Parking at winter lot. Don’t be a dink, park head in so you aren’t taking up 4 spots. Icy, careful with no traction on walking around the car. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Bridged or easy stepover. Gate was open on the main crossing. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is in amazing shape vs a few weeks ago. Shout out to Teal Goat and all the other good saw-maritans out there. One or two duck unders. There are a couple big fellas that are cracked and popping in the cold wind, still standing but I don’t think they will be all winter. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Jackson stayed home with his friend Jake today. |
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 | Bugs: |
If there were they got blown into the Pemi. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nada. |
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 | Comments: |
This trip report will self destruct in less than 24 hours, but the main point I wanted to get across is there’s already more snow up high than people think. Don’t let the lack of a “proper storm” fool ya. We put snowshoes on around 3000 feet and were happy to have them. It has been flurrying on and off all week up here and there is plenty of drifted snow all around the whites.
4 sets of snowshoes vs 3 barebooters vs 2 fat bikers (the tires, not the guys)…so we sort of got a decent track down.
Summit Cone is windblown with some exposed rock. The forecasted midday lull in the wind never came today, we got tossed around pretty good up there, it was a blast. Can’t beat Moose on a bluebird day after a week of gray, it was magical. |
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 | Name: |
Mmace724, Bearded Brit, & The First Lady |
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 | E-Mail: |
Mikeymace at Hotmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-01-10 |
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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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