| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Caps Ridge Trail, Jefferson Loop, Gulfside, Trinity Heights Connector, Jewell Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, November 10, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only car on Jefferson Notch parking and only car on the Base Road winter parking. One other car when we picked up the car on Jefferson Notch after our hike. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in good shape |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Though we saw no dogs we saw paw tracks from the weekend hikers and their pets. |
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 | Comments: |
We had planned on hitting Jefferson by way of Jewell trail and then retrace our steps to Mt Washington. However, the road up to Jefferson Notch was driveable and we took advantage of it. Caps Ridge trail was actually well packed out by weekend hikers. Put on microspikes at the foot of the first cap and kept them on until we entered the woods on Jewell trail. The snow drifts along the Gulfside trail were deep but the weekend hikers had made it easy for us to follow their postholes. These sections are too short to warrant snowshoes. Larry and I had the trails and summits to ourselves. The summits were in the clouds and stayed so but we enjoyed our hike. |
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 | Name: |
Georg |
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 | E-Mail: |
georg3@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-11-10 |
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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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