| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Owl`s Head, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, bushwhack, Owl's Head Path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, April 4, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
You start seeing water openings on BP-BW. It`s good right now but it will get tough and sloppy fast. Then on Lincoln Brook Trail there are many openings with water flowing, slow right now. |
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 | Comments: |
Lincoln Woods: early was solid, late was starting to soften up. Bare booted this section
Black Pond: some icy spots so I switched to Hillsounds
Black Pond-BW: solid early, softened late: Hillsounds
Brutus-BW: In good shape right now. The steeps, you need to use care here. I used snowshoes up and down for televators and great traction with snowshoe crampons. I know that it must be a bear to break out this section, but once it starts to get very steep, one should use a traversing technique, say 20 to 30 ft each traverse to approach 3400 foot level. I know during snow periods it may not matter, but right now when you are coming down it looks like one HUGE slide. And I`m glad I didn`t. But I was able to break into the hard pack with my snowshoe crampons. BE careful.
Summit Ridge: easy going here with snow a little bit unstable.
#greatday#springtime#getoutside#solo |
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 | Name: |
Mr Insignificant |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-04-04 |
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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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