| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Monroe, Mt. Washington, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, Monroe Loop, Crawford Path, and Jewel Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 18, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Base Road open, and parking at Cog RR not an issues |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No issues with any water crossings, all nicely frozen over |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Ammonoosuc trail in great condition, but Jewel had some large trails across the trail in lower elevations |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No dogs on this trip |
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 | Comments: |
The Ammonoosuc trail is in great condition, and we cleaned up many postholing with our group, and another group behind us that also was wearing snowshoes.
Monroe was nicely wind-blown, and good firm trail.
Many area of the Crawford Path to Washington was drifted with snow, so nice to have snows...but even just MicroSpikes only were very doable.
.. but the Gulfside to Jewel was a mess with postholes for a group coming from Madison were all wearing just crampons, and snowshoes would have been good to wear.
The Jewel on the way done was very hard to follow, the snow was a fluffy powder, and if you got off the trail spruce traps were very numerous, but once down in the trees we made up for loss time, but we were the first on this trail since the latest snow. |
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 | Name: |
Doug Hunt |
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 | E-Mail: |
dhunt52@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-12-19 |
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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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