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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Cabot, NH
Trails
Trails: York Pond Trail, Bunnell Notch Trail, Kilkenny Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: road plowed though icy; only got front wheel drive and my car got 'stuck' on ice at trail head; could no longer move it; luckily, by the time I got back, ground had softened enough that my tired got some traction and I could get right on my way 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: no problem; just tedious 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: one duck under near Cabin 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: saw one on the descent 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: one person had broken out trail recently--thank you!--needed snowshoes from the start though as everything was still too soft and I was postholing with just spikes; due to warm weather much snow had melted over the course of yesterday and erased some of the tracks and/or iced the trail; loved my mountaineering snowshoes for getting great grip in complete icy sections; no problem ascending or descending; person who had broken out trail did not go to actual summit but turned around on the plateau right behind the cabin approx. .25mi from actual summit. It appeared nobody had been to summit since last snow precipitation as I was sinking in up to my knees whenever the trail was not frozen from the melting snow from yesterday. Lost trail once and did a little swerve (in case somebody is following me) but got to juncture sign and actual summit. Just like yesterday, above clouds blue sunny skies and warm temps; never even layered up at all during today's hike.  
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2014-12-16 
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