| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Tecumseh, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Tecumseh Trail, Sosman Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, October 20, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of parking at Waterville Valley ski area.
Trail is just to the right of the parking area and has an easily found sign |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All Rock-hop-able |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many "steps" like a staircase!
Yellow blazes making this wide and well maintained trail very easy to follow. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Quite a few dogs on trail |
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 | Bugs: |
none |
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 | Comments: |
Took the Tecumseh trail and then the Sosman and then back on Tecumseh on the way down. This is an extremely easy trail to access and very easy to follow. A 3 hour roundtrip at a brisk pace. We stopped for about 30 minutes at the summit for lunch, and I am not including that in our time. Plenty of people on the trail, but not packed. Lots of foliage toward the bottom and less so on the ascent. A fair amount of mud, but relatively easy to jump over or side step. The trail was not extremely steep, but definitely a workout on the "staircase" if you don't take a break.
The view on the top was fabulous. Could see snow capped Presidentials as well as Osceolas and Tripyramids. Only some crunchy snow/ice as we went on the Sosman trail, but it was easy with just hiking boots. In fact, we chose Tecumseh after hiking Garfield the day before and ending up on top in a winterwonderland, with a lot of ice. Though that was beautiful and worth it, today we wanted to avoid the ice, and Tecumseh was a good choice. |
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 | Name: |
DZP |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-10-22 |
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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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