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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Starr King, Mt. Waumbek, NH
Trails
Trails: Starr King Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: parked in the well plowed snowmobile lot across Route 2..some parked next to the Corner Store, and one backed all the way up the road to the last house 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: none on this route 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: trail in great shape with nice wide corridor 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: easy dog trail..no water and cold today 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Trail packed out and solid on the old road and barebooted to the turn..halfway up through the hardwoods powder increased and snowshoe came into play..Much drifting and trail bed blown in with 4-8 inches of snow. Nice views from Starr King on the elevated snow pack. Much drifting and loose snow across the ridge.snowshoes certainly the order of the day though one determined young man kept his snowshoes on his pack, gloves in his pockets and postholed merrily along with many 3 footers. Small viewpoint south of the summit nice and the good one past the summit now broken out and was looking fine. On the way back we hopped off trail and cut straight..well kind of straight, across the ridge with only minor postholing. Nice to run into Lucky Laura  
Name
Name: silverfox 
E-Mail
E-Mail: marktaub@metrocastdotnet 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2011-02-20 
Link
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