| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
South Twin Mountain, North Twin Mountain, Galehead Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Gale River Road, Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, Twinway, North Twin Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Road still closed, parked across the street at Trudeau Rd. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Bring your Legolas legs and SpringWaterCrossing Game for a couple of them. Turned one person back (alas, I didn't note what they were wearing). I had tall gaiters to knees - never was deeper than a foot in, but it's running fast in places higher up. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Some blow downs, all manageable. One big one on Galehead Spur has a herd path around it as it runs lengthwise of trail. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Still wish I had one |
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 | Bugs: |
Spider strands all along the trail! |
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 | Lost and Found: |
blue water bottle up toward Galehead Hut |
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 | Comments: |
Quite a nice Winter day - wish I had snowshoes, would have been MUCH nicer for most of upper Twins ... but it would also be 200yards on, 200yards off to microspikes. I used Hillsounds and other than a few postholes ... I tried ... but hit a few between the Twins, made it through fine. Ice was enough to make microspikes win out. A LOT of the trail is draining underneath ice. I suspect even more running/standing water and wicked monorails evolving (Twins especially). All in all ... doable. I would call the water crossings the big challenge. The post holing was just irritating ... blew out my Evo snowshoes Monday :-( |
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 | Name: |
pranamedic |
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 | E-Mail: |
atman@vedavid.org |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-03-11 |
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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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