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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Kinsman, South Kinsman, NH
Trails
Trails: Mt. Kinsman Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: The parking lot on route 116 is not plowed out. Some enterprising hiker shoveled enough of a hole in the snow bank to get in. Don't recommend going in without 4WD. We had no problems with SUV's. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Frozen 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: They are all frozen! 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Should have taken the snowshoes. A trace of morning flurries down below on crusty packed trail, became 2-3 or so of powder up higher, with drifts maxing out at knee deep. Broke trail through drifts over to South and there were places where the tracks were filled back in by the time we went back so we had to break it out again. Expect to need snowshoes up there for the next hiker to come along.  
Name
Name: Hikermom 
E-Mail
E-Mail: wandarice@comcast.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-03-22 
Link
Link: https:// 
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