| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Cabot, The Bulge, The Horn, NH |
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 | Trails: |
York Pond Trail, Bunnell Notch Trail, Kilkenny Ridge Trail, The Horn Spur, Unknown Pond Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 14, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Unknown Pond parking area plowed, as well as York Pond Trail parking area. Room for a few cars at York Pond Trail trailhead, more at adjacent Unknown Pond lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All ice bridged or stepped over. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns on Kilkenny Ridge Trail south of Cabot. Some blowdowns and leaners on Kilkenny Ridge Trail from The Bulge to Unknown Pond. |
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 | Comments: |
York Pond Trail to Bunnell Notch Trail to Kilkenny Ridge Trail to Mt. Cabot Cabin - well packed for snowshoe use. Above Cabot Cabin, trail drifted in as usual.
Beyond Mt. Cabot, we followed some tracks for a little bit that dead-ended and were off trail. We did a traversing bushwhack (hoping to find a blaze) and ended up back on trail maybe 50 vertical feet up from the col on The Bulge. Stayed on trail from there, breaking 6-12" of powder, to the Horn spur junction. Generally followed the spur to the summit. Tracks were drifting in fairly quickly.
Beyond the Horn, trailfinding was difficult in places - lots of searching in a few of the open glades near the gullies that were sparsely blazed. Unknown Pond Trail was also unbroken up high, though we eventually hit old snowshoe tracks about 1/3 of the way down, though those were often drifted. Some moose postholing. |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21 at franklinwebpublishing dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-02-14 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/NewHampshire/mtcabot-2010-0214.php |
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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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