| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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East Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mt. Osceola Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, November 29, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings are starting to freeze up, the double crossing still has sections of flowing water, along with some solid ice and ice on/around rocks. Most of the muddy patches on Greeley Ponds are frozen. |
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 | Comments: |
Trails are pretty well packed out, but looked to be less traveled once beyond East Osceola. Snow was packed around and covered most, but not all of the rocks, making wearing snowshoes awkward (mine got a free ride today). Microspikes or other light traction is probably the best choice for the current conditions. Some ice showing in the usual icy places on the steeps of E. Osceola, but still enough snow cover to find a route with good traction around the worst sections. On the ridge between steep section and summit of E. Osceola it was a nice ridge walk, not enough snow for the drifts that sometime form up there. |
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 | Name: |
SBanks |
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 | E-Mail: |
summersetbanks@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-11-29 |
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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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