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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Monroe, Mt. Washington, NH
Trails
Trails: Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, Crawford Path, Monroe Loop, Gulfside, Jewell Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking in the hiker designated lot at Marshfield Station 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Solid ice-snow bridges on all crossings of Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail. Foot bridges on Jewel Trail, Clay Brook and Ammonoosuc River are intact. Weak ice and slush to the sides Crawford Path at upper and lower Lakes of the Clouds. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Two small diameter blow-downs on the Jewel Trail 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Started out with light snow in the air and clouds slowly lifting. The Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail had 4" of fresh powder over a solid track underneath. Cynthia and I laid down as nice a snowshoe track as two light-weight hikers could be expected to achieve. At LoC visibility was about a quarter mile. Dropped packs and changed from snowshoes to Hillsounds to bag Monroe, this proved to be a good choice for the exposed rock with light snow surface. Kept the light traction on to summit Washington, but might have been easier with snowshoes to deal with drifts. Through thick clouds with visibility down to 50Ft our track wanders at times from the true trail. At 5800Ft - 5900Ft we broke through the dense clouds into brilliant sunshine! After visiting with our friend Guy stationed at the summit building we returned to snowshoes. Back into thick clouds above Great Gulf we stayed close to the cog tracks to avoid the headwall, then worked north to be on the true trail before the Clay Loop junction with Gulfside. Continued on Gulfside to junction with Jewel which was completely unbroken. Would liked to have continued on to Mt Jefferson, but with the poor visibility we opted to head down Jewel. Below the junction, still above treeline, our track wandered a bit, but we nailed the opening into the scrub. Jewel is now broken out from Gulfside to Marshfield. Thank-you Cynthia for a great day! Also a special thanks to our mutual friend and modern old man of the mountain, Guy.  
Name
Name: Gary Tompkins 
E-Mail
E-Mail: nhgaryrt@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-02-15 
Link
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