| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
South Twin Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Beaver Brook XC ski trail, Gale River Road, Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Twinway |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 11, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Full lot this morning. When I left there was somebody sitting in a running truck without any official markings or plates just looking at the lot...leave your valuables at home. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Main crossing of the Gale River Tributary partly open/partly ice bridge, a rock hop or two. Lots of little jump-over or one-rock crossings as well. All low (would be wadeable if necessary) but getting higher later in day. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One duckunder on Garfield Ridge. A bit of a carwash with the snow load. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None |
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 | Bugs: |
There's a whining drone for the bottom few miles of Gale River Trail but it ain't mosquitoes. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
Well broken out to the hut, still soft enough that snowshoes were very useful (car-to-car). Twinway to South Twin hadn't been broken and was in sink-five-feet-in-powder condition; thanks to Douglas who joined me a couple hundred yards up and did most of the breaking after that. He continued over to North Twin and I doubled back, so the steeps are broken (although were already drifting/filling in) but by no means packed out. |
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 | Name: |
jniehof |
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 | E-Mail: |
jtniehof@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-03-11 |
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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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