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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Owl's Head, NH
Trails
Trails: Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, bushwhack, Owls Head Path
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Lincoln Woods USFS parking (fee) was well plowed, though icy. About 4 other cars there early morning; about the same late afternoon. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Low down numerous drainages were still flowing and open - easy to negotiate. The three Lincoln Brook Trail crossings on this route were all adequately snow-and ice-bridged. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Signage seemed okay. There were a couple of duck/crawl under blowdowns on the unmaintained Owl's Head Path, but they were not too troublesome. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Lincoln Woods Trail was easily bare-booted. Black Pond Trail was also easily bare-booted. Both of these trails had some ice, but for now it is almost all under snowcover. There was a good snowshoe track on the Black Pond bushwhack; the line seemed a pretty good one, and came out right at the big Lincoln Brook crossing (which is avoided by taking this bushwhack). The Lincoln Brook Trail also had a good, occasionally drifted, snowshoe track. The Brutus Bushwhack also had been tracked and seemed to follow a good line. There was a somewhat drifted track along the ridge to the summit. More snow, and softer snow, at the higher elevations. All in all - for the moment -- conditions are pretty good, though it still makes for a long day.  
Name
Name: PeterC 
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2020-01-29 
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