| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Cabot, NH |
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 | Trails: |
York Pond Trail, Bunnell Notch Trail, Mt. Cabot Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 3, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
No problem parking at the end York Pond Rd. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet Trail, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Major crossing on the logging road is very high. Cross on logs 20 yds. upstream. All snow bridges are either gone or caving in. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
No major blow downs. |
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 | Comments: |
Snowshoes from the get go and left them on for the whole hike. Very little bare ground. Still plenty of snow on the logging road walk and all the way to the summit.
Larger stream crossing on the logging road was running high and much higher on the return. Cross on two logs about 20 yds. upstream. The notch was a wet mess with many rivulets coming off the hillside and all the bridges are caving in when crossing. Snow was very soft and postholing with snow shoes was common.
The Mt. Cabot trail was in much better shape. Pretty firm with some soft surface snow all the way to the cabin. From the cabin to the summit was a whack but the snow was fairly firm and consolidated, so no problems. Except for our tracks there is no trail to speak of.
Cleared one messy blow-down. None other to cause any problems.
Met up with Lee ("Red Shorts" vfft) and Siabhan on the trail and finished the day hiking with them. Great folks.
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 | Name: |
Wolfgang |
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 | E-Mail: |
rjmartin@fairpoint.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-04-03 |
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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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