| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Passaconaway, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Dicey's Mill Trail, Walden Trail, Old Mast Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Deep ice ruts on access road into parking lot, but even the non-4WD vehicle in our group was able to negotiate it. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Traction, Ice Axe |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Lots of blowdown on Walden, lost the trail a couple of times working around it |
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 | Comments: |
Dicey's Mill trail in good condition, solid hard base covered by three inches of fresh snow. Microspikes fine here, no snowshoes needed.
Walden up to the summit was icy and slick, the fresh snow sloughed right off. Ice axe made itself very useful.
Walden down to Mast Road was a luge run. Steep hard ice with a veneer of fresh snow was treacherous. Two of our party had crampons, two had microspikes. Both who had microspikes went on unplanned 20-foot accelerating slides that could have ended badly, but luckily fetched up in soft trees. Lesson learned.
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 | Name: |
ConorR |
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 | E-Mail: |
rockfox212@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-02-25 |
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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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