| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Eisenhower (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Clinton Road, Edmands Path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at the Crawford Connector trailhead parking lot, off of Mt. Clinton Road near Route 302 and AMC Highland Center. |
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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: |
Not an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The Edmands Path is in very good shape -- very nice wide corridor. There are two large chainsaw-able duck-under blowdowns on the lower section of the trai, prior to where the trail begins to climb. |
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 | Comments: |
The Edmands Path in winter is lovely, in spite of the roadwalk necessary to reach the trailhead and the fact that the trail is lightly used. The corridor is wide for most of the way; even snow-laden branches rarely encroach.
Parked in the Crawford Connector trailhead lot and did the ~2.2-mile roadwalk on Mt. Clinton Road to the trailhead. From there, broke trail through 2-3 feet of dense snow. Ran out of time and so turned around about 0.5 miles from the trail's intersection with the Crawford Path/Mt. Eisenhower Loop (will finish up this last half-mile in the next few days, if someone else doesn't do it first). Trail still needs consolidation.
Saw not a single snowmobile on Mt. Clinton Road, which has about a half foot of new snow on it. As a result, wore snowshoes the entire way.
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-03-28 |
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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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