| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Galehead Mountain, South Twin Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Beaver Brook XC ski trail, Gale River Road, Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, Twinway |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 1, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at Beaver Brook USFS parking lot - plowed but icy. No fee charged in winter - outhouses secured shut. |
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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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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
A few open drainages lower down, easy to cross. All streams snow/ice bridged (only one major crossing on this route). |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One crawl-under blowdown on the Gale River Trail about halfway up the steep section. |
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 | Comments: |
Ski Trail from Beaver Brook bare-bootable, some rocks and open water (not good skiing yet). Gale River Road snowmobiled (it is a designated route). Gale River Trail bare- bootable for some distance up; snowshoes were handy on the steep section after the viewpoint. Good snowshoe track on Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, and Twinway. Deeper and softer snow at higher elevations, which was more prone to divoting by those without snowshoes. Frost Trail had a couple of choppy sections and one minor icy section; Twinway had one minor icy section. (Reports from other hikers indicated that the North Twin Trail and North Twin Spur were also traveled today.) |
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 | Name: |
PeterC |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-02-01 |
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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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