| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Whiteface, Passaconaway, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Blueberry Ledge, Rollins, Dicey's Mill |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plowed, and loads of parking space - the short road walk is very slick (ice), so heads up. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The one crossing, near the end while descending Dicey's Mill Trail, has a large diameter tree across it, with a smaller diameter tree next to it, plus some rocks and stuff near the other side of the stream. I was able to get across while in snowshoes and having my dog on a leash, and not get wet. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Just mine - she loved it, and was able to ascend the Blueberry Ledges. |
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 | Comments: |
For the first two miles (from the parking lot), just spikes, since the exposed rocks had ice on them. After that, snowshoes until the last mile or so, though not because there was any chance of sinking into the snow (there wasn't - it was all frozen), but because instead of getting Snowshoe Love, the trails have gotten a thorough Bare Bootin' Beatdown. With all the boot steps/prints and postholes that are now frozen in place, it was faster and easier to snowshoe over the top of all of that crud, instead of trying to place my feet in existing holes. I saw one lonely set of non-mountaineering snowshoe prints headed towards the Sleepers (?) at the trail junction just short of the Whiteface summit (so, if you are looking to do these two peaks, plus the Sleepers and the Tripyramids, you will likely have to break trail, but at least will have a marked trail, if that makes sense). |
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 | Name: |
rox-nh |
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 | E-Mail: |
rox-nh@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-12-21 |
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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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