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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Cannon Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Kinsman Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, April 11, 2010
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parking lot fairly dry. No other cars in the lot today.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Slush, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Snow - Spring Snow 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Three blowdowns: one is an easy duck-under, one is an easy saddle-over, and one is a crawl-through. Chainsaws will be needed to remove all of them.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Enough water and some good mud down low. Lots of rabbit tracks to sniff and follow up by the viewpoint.  
Bugs
Bugs: None today.  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Microspikes worked well from about the 2,200-foot level on up, though I had problems with the wet, sticky snow up high balling on the Micros. Snowshoes would be useful for some beginning where the trail makes the big turn to the left, at about 2,800 feet. (All the tracks today went right, following the Kinsman Glade ski route. We stayed left, though, because we love the viewpoint on Cannon's east shoulder.)  
Name
Name: The Feathered Hat 
E-Mail
E-Mail: stevebjerklie at yahoo dot com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2010-04-11 
Link
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99682097@N00/sets/72157623709610441/ 
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