| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ravine Lodge Road, Gorge Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 17, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Ravine Lodge Road is gated/closed, but there is plenty of parking on the road section prior to the gate, right off of Route 118. NOTE: Route 118 is pretty frost-heavy right now. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Not an issue -- everything is snowbridged or bridge-bridged. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is in fine, fine shape. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Found a pair of lacy black women's underwear (seriously) atop the snow on Ravine Lodge Road, about halfway between the gate and Ravine Lodge. (We left them there.) |
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 | Comments: |
Ravine Lodge Road and most of Gorge Brook Trail are fine in light traction -- there is a trace to two inches of snow down low over a thick layer of blue ice. For the last half mile up to the summit, snowshoes are helpful (the trail is quite drifty, with 1-3 feet of snow in places).
Windy today up top -- our tracks disappeared in minutes.
With all of the reports of melting snow and snowless areas further north, we were in for a treat: plenty of snow cover and bright white as far as the eye could see, from car to summit. Absolutely gorgeous.
Carriage Road was drifted in -- no one else had been up that way today. Beaver Brook had one or two sets of recent bareboot tracks that were halfway filled in when we summitted. Other than that, we saw no one nor any other evidence of anyone on the trails all day. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-01-17 |
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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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