| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Cardigan, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Holt Trail, Clark Trail, Holt-Clark Cutoff |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 21, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
I grabbed the second to last spot at the AMC Cardigan Lodge at 9-9:30 AM. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Wooden bridge in fine condition |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Another fellow found one half of a pair of yak trax and hung it on a sign near the trailhead. |
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 | Comments: |
Only had a few hours so returned to Cardigan to do Holt trail this time with the Purple Warrior. Very well packed until the Cathedral junction. At that point the snow was hard on trail but off trail if the crust broke you sink a foot. We were fine in spikes to treeline then switched to crampons. We went down from the summit in spikes until they started balling as it got warmer, then went to snowshoes.
I've been up via Holt twice recently and either I've lost the trail or there are no cairns (due to grade) or tree blazes (sparse trees). Always fun to figure it out and route find.
I expected icier conditions and less snow or harder snow. What we found were places where the ice crust was hard enough to hold and others where we were breaking ice crust with our knees. |
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 | Name: |
Erikthered |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-03-22 |
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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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