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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Middle Sugarloaf, North Sugarloaf, NH
Trails
Trails: Zealand Road, Sugarloaf Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, January 25, 2019
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: 302 Zealand rd. winter lot. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Bridge is out on Tressel tr., but does not effect getting to sugarloafs 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Three very big ones with a couple who said they are afraid of snowshoes (I was wearing snowshoes)  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Zealand road had been driven on with a tracked ATV, which caused some big ruts. Otherwise good hard surface for snowshoeing. Sugarloaf tr. had only been touched by a pair of barebooters. In some places they were only sinking a few inches, but there were some big postholes too. In snowshoes, the snow was surprisingly supportive, and I was never going in more than a few inches. Near the top of middle, I encountered the barebooters who roughed up my accent track just a bit. I was the first to go to the north peak, finding easy breaking to the summit.  
Name
Name: zporterColdRiverCampCook 
E-Mail
E-Mail: zap88@tds.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2019-01-25 
Link
Link: https:// 
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