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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Jackson, NH
Trails
Trails: Webster-Jackson Trail, Webster Cliff Trail, Mitzpah Cutoff, Crawford Path
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, February 4, 2019
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Highland Center had ample parking. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Negligible 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Trail was in fine shape, excepting for some blow downs in the col 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: Saw one flying insect!  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: OK, don't do what I did.
Hiking up Mt Jackson was straightforward. Trail is lovely, and broken out like you read about. Summit was pretty clean of drifting snow. In short, that much of the day was absolutely lovely.

But I thought trying to bag Pierce on the same trip would be a good idea. Don't do that. I ended up post holing in snow that was typically knee-deep, but would occasionally go far deeper. It was two hours just to get to the hut. Mercifully, Crawford Path was in amazing shape, and once I hit that, I made excellent time back to the car, having decided to ditch my plans to bag Pierce. (The views of Isolation and Davis were pretty good, though.)

Temps were extremely clement, and wind wasn't that bad at all.

Photos and video are on my blog.  
Name
Name: Protean Wanderer 
E-Mail
E-Mail: hiker@proteanwanderer.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2019-02-04 
Link
Link: https://www.proteanwanderer.com/2019/02/05/trip-report-mt-jackson/ 
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