| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Twin Mountain, South Twin Mountain, Galehead Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Herd path, North Twin Trail, herd path, North Twin Spur, Twinway, Frost Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Gale River Trail, Gale River Road, Beaver Brook XC ski trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 29, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Haystack and Gale River roads closed. Plenty or parking at Beaver Brook and on the Seven Dwarfs road |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The Little River third crossing is still very solid. In fact the packed trail runs right up the river for several hundred yards before the crossing. Other brooks are still bridged but the snow is getting undermined in places |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in good shape |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No Dogs today. The soft snow probably would have been difficult. |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
One of our group lost a pole on the herdpath on the North Twin Trail |
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 | Comments: |
Sorry for the late post -- was watching House of Cards. The North Twin Trail was broken out to about 4000 feet and then prior folks must have turned around. After that the snow was mashed potatoes: heavy wet and extremely tiring. Thankfully today everyone got the memo to use snowshoes. Nevertheless the snow was so soft, postholing even with snowshoes happened a lot. There were a number of people so the trails should be packed well but with the weather -- hard to say what they will be like. We had undercast in the morning with great views across the Twins before the clouds returned. Congrats to Bill Cronin who finished his March Grid as he an Steve trudged over to Garfield. Bill said the Garfield Trail is packed and Garfield Ridge is tracked. Thanks to everyone for a great day |
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 | Name: |
Jeb Bradley |
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 | E-Mail: |
jebebrad@metrocast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-03-29 |
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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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