Mt. Moriah - Herd path, Stony Brook Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail - 11-15-2018

Hiking Trail Conditions Report
	Peaks	Mt. Moriah, NH

	Trails:	Herd path, Stony Brook Trail, Carter-Moriah Trail

	Date of Hike:	Thursday, November 15, 2018

	Parking/Access Road Notes:	Accessed the trail via the vacant lot on Mt. Carter Dr. Parked at the entrance to the road (room for 3-4 cars) as the road (to the lot) is not drivable.

	Surface Conditions:	Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder

	Recommended Equipment:	Snowshoes

	Water Crossing Notes:	Open water - all easy step-over crossings.

	Trail Maintenance Notes:	A dozen of so blowdowns along the trails - mostly between the 2 most significant crossings - plus a bunch of smaller stuff. Herd-paths are forming around at least 3 of the blowdowns. Not terribly difficult to deal with but gets pretty tedious at the end of the day. A small saw (which we unfortunately did not bring today) could help clear a lot.

	Dog-Related Notes:	Excellent conditions for canines and Lucy had a great and trouble free day (except for the balling up of her paws despite generous application of Musher's Secret)

	Bugs:

	Lost and Found:


	Comments:	Snowshoes door to door. 2-4" at lower elevation increasing to 6-12" along the ridge. Drifting not an issue. Trail was broken out nicely by snowshoers (thank you!) to the first open ledges just after the Stony Brook - Carter-Moriah jct. We broke trail the rest of the way. May not count for much with more snow coming but at least there is a good base and a visible trail. Carter-Moriah (from Gorham) and Kenduskeag appeared both to be broken out - by barebooters. No signs of traffic from the regular Stony Brook trailhead to the intersection with the herd-path from the vacant lot.

	Name:	LongMark&Georg

	E-Mail:	perfrost@yahoo.com

	Date Submitted:	2018-11-15

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