| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Osceola, East Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Tripoli Road, Mt. Osceola Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, March 9, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at the Livermore Trailhead |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
About halfway up the Mt. Osceola trail there's a nasty blowdown stretch. All can be stepped over, crawled under, or bypassed. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Toby had a blast and apologizes for intermittently postholing. |
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 | Comments: |
Tripoli Road: Groomed highway
Mt. Osceola Trail to Mt. Osceola: First mile is bony (i.e. lots of catching hidden rocks with snowshoes). Second mile has a short but persistent blowdown stretch (huge kudos to those who delimbed the down trees), but all are easy enough to get over/below/around. Third mile had some fun, deep snow that is now marginally consolidated.
Mt. Osceola Trail to East Osceola: Someone beat me to the trail breaking which saddened me (so the trail is likely fully broken out from the Kanc side, but I can't confirm this). 1-2 sets of tracks before me, now decently consolidated. I took the chimney-bypass-bypass because I'm a wuss.
Please wear snowshoes. |
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 | Name: |
LRiz |
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 | E-Mail: |
larisa [dot] dannis [at] gmail |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-03-09 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.strava.com/activities/1444585993 |
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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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