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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Moosilauke, South Moosilauke, , NH
Trails
Trails: Glencliff, Carriage Path, Hurricane Mtn
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, November 4, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: The lot in Glencliff was overflowing today. I ran into two guys who were able to get to Breezy Point. 118 is signed closed, but they said the closure point is further up the road towards the Ravine Lodge access. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: No significant crossings on this route; smaller drainages all easy. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A handful of blowdowns across Glencliff. I opened up one that was blocking the trail, the others are easily manageable without going off trail. Carriage Path has a few blowdowns, one that forces one off the trail about 10 feet above Snapper. It looks tricky to clean up. Two look bad in the trail but they are easily pushed through. There is another significant blowdown below the Snapper intersection and another further down. Hurricane Mtn has several, I cleaned up the one full blocking good enough to allow one to stay on the trail, at least until it collapses from snow weight. Glencliff has some damage from running water but nothing like other reports. The spur to the south peak is fine. Upper Carriage Path has erosion in the section just below its intersection with Glencliff. The relatively recent major waterbars are in good shape and worked well in the storm, although a couple were topped and one had water get around it. Almost all the minor waterbars are hanging or clogged; but they are mostly ribboned so that probably preceded the storm. There is running water in the trail in many places; some of it is becoming quite rocky. Below Snapper Carriage Path appeared to suffer its first major waterflows down it and while it is no longer a nice forest road it is still okay but vulnerable to the next storm. It needs a few major waterbars like those above Snapper to keep it from eroding badly. Hurricane Mtn from Carriage Path to its high point towards Glencliff is an interesting mix of erosion and excellent relatively recent trail work. The new work did well, the areas between it not so good. The log bridge survived just fine. The trail down from the high point is a very nice walk in a splendid hardwood forest until some swampy sections just as it reaches Glencliff. This trail is well painted and brushed its entire length; very easy to follow. I kicked out a lot of leaf dams or pushed them up against waterbar rocks to open a channel all day, but that was easy and probably not long lasting. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: A pleasant walk for Pepper. 
Bugs
Bugs: None 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: I expected to find more blowdown damage based on some of the pictures and reports I've seen for other peaks, and so I held off trimming the ones I did see if they were easily avoidable by a hiker. Snowmobilers on Carriage Path would be blocked by several of them below the blocking rocks. There is still work to be done, some of it will require an axe. I'd be more worried about future damage to Carriage Path, especially below the Snapper Trail, it has a lot of stretches of water running down it.  
Name
Name: Pepper and Me 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-11-04 
Link
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