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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Middle Carter, South Carter, NH
Trails
Trails: Route 16 road walk, Camp Dodge bushwhack, Imp Trail, North Carter Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail, Carter Dome Trail, Nineteen Mile Brook Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, January 28, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at Nineteen Mile Brook Trail trailhead. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Not an issue -- all are frozen or easily traversed. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Trails in good shape. One duck-under (18-inch diameter?) blowdown on Imp Trail. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Trails are well-packed (including "bushwhack" at the back of Camp Dodge) all the way to the ridge line and down from ridge. On ridge, trail alternates between hardpack and firm, slightly unconsolidated snow atop thick ice, with some sections of exposed ice. Carried snowshoes and considered using them, but used light traction, instead -- never came close to postholing. Saw some folks using light traction, and some using snowshoes.

Other than the couple of sections on Nineteen Mile Brook Trail that are usually open/draining/running/wet rock, all trails were completely snow- or hardpack-covered and very fast-moving.  
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-01-30 
Link
Link: https:// 
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