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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Kinsman, South Kinsman, Cannon Mountain, Northeast Cannonball, NH
Trails
Trails: Lonesome Lake Trail, Fishin' Jimmy Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail, Hi-Cannon Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, December 20, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Good access from Lafayette Place Southbound. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Just a few small streams that are pretty much frozen over. Lonesome Lake is frozen now (walked across it to hut on ascent)... Might not remain past this weekend with all the rain and thawing! 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A couple groups of trees on Kinsman Ridge Trail were bent down - barely able to duck-under for now. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: N/A 
Bugs
Bugs: Not a one - Hallelujah! 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: N/A 
 
Comments
Comments: Ascended up Lonesome Lake (very well packed) and Fishin' Jimmy (reasonably packed), put snowshoes on at the KRT junction to help pack it down a bit better on the ridge (there was some drifting). Wore them for both Kinsmans and then all the way across the KRT to the junction w/Hi-Cannon on the S shoulder of Cannon. Bare booted across to the summit of Cannon and down Hi-Cannon (both packed out, but suffering a bit from too few snowshoers).

We'll see what happens after all this rain/thawing... There's gonna be a little ice out there! ;-O  
Name
Name: Nathan 
E-Mail
E-Mail: streeter.n@husky.neu.edu 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-12-21 
Link
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