| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Turtleback Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Turtleback Mountain Trail, Turtleback Summit Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at all the lots on Castle in the Clouds property |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Nothing Significant |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two or three blow downs easily navigated over, under, around or through |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw only two dogs on the trail today - both well behaved |
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 | Bugs: |
We counted 4 mosquitoes as it warmed up later in the day. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
There is a lone purple glove at the kiosk near Shannon Pond |
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 | Comments: |
Snowshoes door to door for us out there today. Lots of bare booters out before us but they only made it as far as the junction with Faraway Mtn Trail and then we broke trail in very soft and very deep drifts for the rest of the way up to the summit which was bare rock and in the sun. So we spent a well earned 20 min lunch break looking onto Shaw and Roberts and changing into dry socks which didn't stay dry that long into our descent. Only ran into two other snowshoers as we were leaving the summit. Great day overall, snowshoes highly recommended at least for the next few days but it seems as if these conditions won't be around much longer. |
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 | Name: |
G. Mullen |
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 | E-Mail: |
mulleng |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-04-07 |
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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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