| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Madison (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Great Gulf Trail, Osgood Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, November 28, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at the Great Gulf trailhead; about two or three inches of new snow on packed ice. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue, Snow - Drifts, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings were not an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two large blowdowns on the Great Gulf Trail (both require a chainsaw), as well as two large ones (chainsaw) and a small one (handsaw) on the Osgood Trail. All could be stepped around, under, or over (one). |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Our friends Tuckerman and Polly found plenty of water along the trail, as well as pretty easy going all day until the alpine zone -- the snow has not filled in the scree yet above treeline and it's tough to get a good pawhold. |
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 | Comments: |
We took a quick trip up to about 4400 feet to see if we could get some decent views of the Northern Presidentials with the new coating of recent snow; the clouds did not oblige so we turned back down the trail. Trails are covered with two inches of new snow on top of an inch or two of ice; some ice floes on steep section of Osgood Trail. Scree in alpine zone is covered with glaze ice and snow. Microspikes worked fine for all of this. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-11-28 |
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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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