| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Meader (attempt), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Meader Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, February 22, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
No parking must walk from Baldface Circle Trail parking lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
One or more small streams were difficult |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Only one blowdown ducked under |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
We had 2 dogs, one's paws kept getting balled up with snow. |
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 | Bugs: |
didn't see any |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
We were immediately faced with an unbroken trail, evidently no one had climbed this for months. The snow was wet and mushy, 6 of us took turns breaking the trail. We were not really packing it down. Snowshoes were balling up. After 4 hours of plodding we were still 700 ft of elevation from the summit. Around this area there are some very steep pitches and traverses on very steep hillsides. One lady had to turn around because she didn't have the MSR type traction snowshoes. The steep pitches were a real struggle. Finally it just got too dangerous there was no traction for these slippery maneuvers and we gave up. Spikes or crampons would have been useless. Descended in 2 hours. Trail still sloppy in the warm sun. We would have been better off to do something else that was broken out. |
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 | Name: |
David A. and 5 others. |
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 | E-Mail: |
cliffbay@aol.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-02-22 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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