| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Black Cap, Hurricane Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Hurricane Mountain Road, Black Cap Trail, unknown trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 2, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
this is good plowed parking roughly 500 ft below the gate on the west side of hurricane mountain road. parking is prohibited up at the gate, but people have clearly been parking there anyway. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Comments: |
the road was packed by numerous recreational activities to start. lesser travelled higher up, but still had tracks from a snow cat of some kind and some snowshoe/boot tracks. the first section of black cap trail was snowmobile travelled. once on the foot trail to the summit it was broken out, but pretty badly postholed. a bit smoother after snowshoes today. nice views from the summit. back at hurricane mountain road I walked west a short distance to a trail leaving towards Hurricane. major blowdown right at the start of the trail, but after that it made for a nice alternative to an otherwise steep bushwhack. 8-12 inches of new snow in general with some drifting. i must have missed a right hand turn up hill and the old trail i stayed on petered out so i made a short bushwhack through conifer forest up to the summit area near the highpoint. i followed my tracks back down to the road and out. |
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 | Name: |
bryan |
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 | E-Mail: |
bryancuddihee@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-01-02 |
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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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