| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Washington, Mt. Monroe, Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Cog Railway, Crawford Path, Monroe Loop, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail, Crawford Connector, Mt. Clinton Road, Base Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Little icy heading up to the Cog hikers lot. As often mentioned the frost heaves (signed) are awaiting any stunt drivers along the Base Road. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None on this loop. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Couple blowdowns on Crawford Path below Pierce easily stepped over and around. |
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 | Comments: |
Couldn't have been much better! 23 degrees with 9 mph wind around noon on Washington. Chose the Cog route up for the sunshine and early open views. Actually the views were there all day as one could see Washington at 6:30 P.M. from lot; right before snow began. Nice running into some familiar faces and meeting some new ones as well. I used snowshoes car to car except Base Road; but may have been fine with light traction as temps stayed slightly below freezing. Much less packed between Monroe and Pierce. Thanks for the excellent tracked route to the person who had earlier out & backed from Pierce to Monroe. Hard crust with some drifting until Monroe. Quite bony near Washington and Monroe with no perfect choice of footwear. The farther south you went it seemed like the more helpful the snowshoes were. From Pierce down was a packed highway. Clinton Road was 2-3" of crust breaking in snowshoes with each step but felt solid below this layer. Edmands Path and sections of Crawford Path between loop junctions for Monroe and Eisenhower untouched lately. Many on Ammo today stating that snowshoes worked fine and group was planning on using them down with no worries. Couldn't pass this day up! |
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 | Name: |
franco |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-04-09 |
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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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