| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Grace, MA |
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 | Trails: |
Round the Mountain Trail, New England Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 26, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Fresh inch or two over plowed lot; we drove right over it and were the first car in the lot at 10:15 am. Two more cars at 1:30 pm. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Covered w/footbridges or bridged |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Evidence of recent blowdown clearing - thank you. An AllTrails remark 5 days ago noted multiple blowdowns but we didn’t see any. |
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 | Comments: |
No tracks on the long loop since recent snows so this was trail breaking day. We followed some foot prints on Round the Mountain Trail, and halfway up the NET. They seem to disappear on the steeps and with about 6 to 8 inches of a crusted l-over snow base, We definitely got a workout the last half mile. On the logging road back to Ohlson Field, some Jeep tracks allows the 3 spike-wearers in our party to descend easily. Me, with snowshoes on car to car, I found the tracks to be kind of annyoying, but descent was fast and manageable. Foggy and gray at the top, and we could barely see the cell tower on the next hill, so we did not climb the tower.
While Tuesday snowstorm will change everything, but for now, I personally recommend snowshoes. I did my best to tramp down my spiker-family’s tracks to make them nice and flat. Today’s crust did make most of the walk spikeable but snowshoes gave better grip and flotation esp on the New England Tr. |
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 | Name: |
TwinMom+1 |
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 | E-Mail: |
mk@mkmarinac.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-02-26 |
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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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