| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Isolation, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Rocky Branch Trail, bushwhack, Isolation Trail, bushwhack, Davis Path, Isolation Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 9, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty, plowed, salted |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged. The usual seeps, however |
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 | Comments: |
Isolation wouldn't be so bad if one didn't have to hike the Isolation trail. Narrow, rocky, lots of blowdowns, lots of sinkholes, water. For many stretches of the trail you are walking the bottom of a 3 foot deep, narrow trench with slippery sides. I fell many times.
Engine Hill - the most fun of the day. I couldn't find the previous track so I made a new one going higher at the start than EH purists would like to avoid the wets, then more or less following the contour and avoiding most of the scratchy stuff. I rejoined the Iso trail a little over 100 yds below the first stream crossing.
Not too windy on the summit but powerful gusts on the 'whack on the way out.
To the extent that one person makes a track Iso is now tracked. Pretty choppy, though. |
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 | Name: |
Old Man and the Saw |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-01-09 |
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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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