| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Isolation (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Rocky Branch Trail, bushwhack, Isolation Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lot plowed, room for many cars |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Bypassed 3 & 4 via BW, Crossing # 5 is still quite open, able to pick our way over snow covered rocks, snowbridges not solid. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many blow downs on Isolation Tr near and above the tent sites |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
The trails/BW are now nicely packed out for now. Some drifting and blowing snow may obscure what we left behind. We packed through 12"- 16" of powder from the start of the BW to the Davis Path. The four of us decided it would take too long to cover the last .9 miles in time alotted so we turned back at this point. It was very difficult to follow the trail around the tent area and above becasue of the blowdowns and deep snow. Experienced several spruce traps, those trail blaizes that we did see were only a few inches above the snow. |
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 | Name: |
Fran & Karen |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-01-01 |
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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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