| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Kinsman, South Kinsman, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Kinsman Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, April 18, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot is dry! Only car I saw was driving in as I left. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
1st "stream" crossing high water with ice covered rocks & was a tricky rock hop but all melted by end of day for easy rock hop. Snowbridges at Stream at Mossy Ledges almost gone and Flume Brook snowbridge very weak. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Lg blowdown <0.5 Mt Kinsman trail to go around, 4 step overs higher up Mt Kinsman Trail and 1 easy duck under. Running water down old logging roads. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Puppy prints headed up to Bald Peak only. Saw no one else all day! |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Basket for my pole lost, probably in the mud! |
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 | Comments: |
Great day out. Not much snow left down low & bare booted until after stream crossings. After turn off for Bald peak, trail unbroken from last storm earlier in week leaving a few inches of wet snow down low and drifting snow heading up near the Kinsman Ridge. Used snowshoes to try to keep on the monorail which was more solid as the elevation went up. One bonus of an unbroken trail is seeing all the animal tracks& even saw a bear track crossing the Mt Kinsman Trail. I was happy to find people tracks on Kinsman Ridge Trail and even happier seeing snowshoe tracks North to South Peak. I used snowshoes during the traverse for traction as steeps are getting icy. No postholing today but if it gets warmer then I am sure postholing will resume up there. |
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 | Name: |
G.G. |
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 | E-Mail: |
gretchen.arnold.2011@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-04-18 |
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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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