| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Middle Carter, South Carter, Carter Dome, Wildcat A, Wildcat B, Wildcat C, Wildcat D, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Camp Dodge Cutoff, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, Carter Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Wildcat Ridge Trail, ski trails |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at 19MB. Had a few inches of fresh snow this AM but was plowed well by afternoon. Great Gulf was not plowed this AM . |
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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 bridged. No issues. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Pretty good shape. Carter Moriah and Wildcat Ridge (up to A) could use brushing. Large walk around blowdown on climb up to A remains, but we cleared a few others along the way. Wildcat Ridge between A and D felt in much better shape than prior years. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Found a set of tent poles in red sack. Left them at Pinkham Notch Visitor Center lost & found. |
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 | Comments: |
We were expecting to find wet sticky snow after yesterday's storm but pleasantly surprised to find a few inches of powder over mostly packed trails. Imp trail & North Carter trail hasn't seen any traffic yesterday so 4-6" of fresh powder down low and 2-4" up high. Once on the ridge, evidence of some traffic yesterday, only a couple inches of fresh powder on top of packed trail to Zeta Pass - made for some great snowshoeing/glissading. Up to Carter Dome was a bit deeper/drifted. Met one person coming from hut. Now it's all packed out. Heading into the notch from Carter dome was a combination of glissading and butt-sledding, not much ice to speak of. Up to Wildcat A, 4" of powder on top of a post-holes mess but we smoothed it out a bit and its starting to resemble a snowshoe track. From A, we saw tracks from a group doing an out n back who left a perfect snowshoe track. Made the trip across the ridge a
breeze. Descended from D on ski trails. No issues as it was near closing time and most skiers were done for the day. Great day out - skies cleared and enjoyed some blue skies, sun and views of Presis with some undercast from Middle Carter before thing clouded up again. This one wrapped up Jeff's February grid - just in the nick of time. |
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 | Name: |
Jeff & Karine |
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 | E-Mail: |
Klossner.Jeffrey@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-02-25 |
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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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