| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Eagle Cliff, Red Hill, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Eagle Cliff Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 14, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Road side parking is just barely available on Bean Road. Road is plowed a little wider near TH than on rest of Bean Road |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Breakable Crust |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Minor crossings |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Observed new yellow diamond blazes extending to junction with Teedie Trail. Painted blazes from there to summit are becoming faded and hard to see. Could use re-blazing. |
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 | Comments: |
Views of Squam Lake from Eagle Cliff were fine with shiny ice surface especially when I returned on way back and witnessed sunset on the shiny ice and Alpen glow on Squam Range. I started out on MSR snow shoes, but snow pack was much reduced and crusty. Racket MSR's made walking on crust was awful so I switched over to microspikes. I was wishing I had my Katoola Trail crampons. Katoolas would have been ideal traction for the conditions I encountered, but Microspikes were good enough. The submerged packed trail supported me well and only punched through dozen times over 6 mile hike. Intermittent stream drainage were bare and frozen due to rains and tops of high points showed much bare ground. |
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 | Name: |
Jazzbo |
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 | E-Mail: |
rdcaron@rcn.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-01-15 |
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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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