| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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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: |
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the large, dirt surfaced (in snow free seasons) lot for 19 Mile Brook Trail off NH 16. This lot is plowed after storms and fills quickly on weekends. Kiosk, no privy. There is road side parking available, the plows have pushed back the berms. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The major water crossing on Carter Dome trail is frozen over. The remainder on 19 Mile Brook are bridged with human made bridges. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One large blow down on Carter-Moriah in the col after the junction with Carter Dome trail. It can wait until the snow melts. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Great trails for dogs. Due to the trail’s extreme popularity, it is highly advised to keep them leashed. |
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 | Comments: |
Route:
19 Mile Brook (19MB) > Carter Dome trl > Carter-Moriah trl > back the way I came.
19MB: very well maintained and blazed in blue. Very popular trail year round as it accesses the year-round hut of Carter Notch. Well packed, but new frequent snows mean a lot of rototilling by spikes. I was the second on trail today and elected to employ snowshoes as did my predecessor. Some ice in small segments. Bridges holding up. On my return, it looks that most persons used spikes. No postholes.
Carter Dome: well blazed in blue, well maintained. It was unbroken this morning thus I kept on my snowshoes. Water crossing frozen over. A few inches of new snow on the trail down low, more so as I began climbing the switchbacks. Above the switchbacks the side hilling and drifts start. Nothing dramatic, just present. It was here I met the bare booter. Wanting to launch a bunch of epithets, I restrained and advised about the level of drifts to come. Look, I don’t know this guy’s story. What I do know; being from the South and all, is that snow in high mountains in NH means I need some form of augmented footwear. Then I met a most genuine fellow! Lovely. In snowshoes. He was headed up to Mt Height. I dug his energy and hope that he got the superb views that peak offers. He did tell me his other two companions were headed up the Wildcats, without snowshoes. But that’s that.
Carter-Moriah: this is the AT and is blazed in standard white blazes. Let me tell you that white blazes are kinda hard to see when white snow blows on them… I was able to follow the corridor without issue. Disclaimer: this is my 14th time here and I really didn’t even pay attention to the trail. There are large drifts right after Zeta Pass and they continue nearly to the summit. I really, really recommend snowshoes. There is a blow down after the Pass. I crawled under it. Summit cairn almost completely covered, I think one rock was sticking out. The trail past the summit was blocked by a large blowdown. The trail past South’s summit was not touched this morning when I summited. |
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 | Name: |
Remington34 |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-02-05 |
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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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