| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 13, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Pull off the road as best you can. There is enough room for a few cars on each side of the rode. A larger parking lot is available not too far from the trailhead. One individual was parked there. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Nothing is bridged over. The crazy weather has allowed all the brooks and streams to continue to flow. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few duck unders, step overs, and shimmy past. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No dogs, but if they like winter hiking this is a rather simple one. |
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 | Comments: |
After a few days of unseasonable warm temperatures, we hit the trail and were not sure what type of conditions to expect. The warm weather had melted enough of the top layer of the visible monorail to soften it up during the early flat sections. On the steep part of the trail through the brook valley and past that it actually had allowed it to ice up just enough to make it slick. These conditions were also present higher up and especially any section that had seen a lot of butt sliding. Once on the ridge and then between the peaks, the trail is not even visible at times and when it was the trail was quite rough. We used snowshoes car-to-car and I recommend more do that as the trail needs a lot more packing down especially on the ridge and between the peaks. Two groups behind us were adding to the postholes already visible on the trail.
Butt sliding on the way down was fun, but due to the ice that had formed on the steeps and higher up it actually made it painful. I am bruised and chaffed from the slide. The steep sections got dangerous in a few spots so do your best to stay in control or slowly and carefully walk down (also not easy due to how slick it was). |
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 | Name: |
BobTheLoveGoat |
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 | E-Mail: |
BobTheLoveGoat at yahoo dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-01-13 |
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 | Link: |
 https://lovegoatfilms.blogspot.com/2017/01/winter-hiking-2017-begins-with.html |
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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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