| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Kearsarge, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Road walk, Winslow Trail, Barlow Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The end of Kearsarge Mountain Road is gated for the winter, but the end of the road before the gate is plowed and there is room for 6-7 vehicles in that area. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Not an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails within about a mile of the summit have significant ice damage from snapped-off and hanging (frozen in place with significant ice coating) trees. However, most of these trees are just a few inches in diameter, so hand saw would work fine. But, there are quite a few such trees, so some work will be required to clear them out. |
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 | Comments: |
As mentioned above, quite a bit of ice damage over the past couple of weeks to small trees near the summit makes for a number of duck-unders, crawl-unders, walk-around blowdowns and hanging trees/branches.
Regardless of all of the workarounds, trail is not difficult to follow and just takes a few more minutes than usual to negotiate the ice damage/detritus. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-12-22 |
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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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