| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Carrigain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Sawyer River Road, Signal Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 22, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Easily parked in the lot with a FWD car. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings/snow bridges were solid, with icy rock hops and some open water for two of them. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few trees to duck under, but the trail had excellent clearance overhead and to the sides |
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 | Comments: |
I started from the trailhead at 7:15, with two other cars in the parking lot. I barebooted the packed road/snowmobile track to the trailhead.
I needed to put on snowshoes almost immediately; it was broken out since the last storm but was mostly unpacked powder. I caught up with the group of 6 in snowshoes around the big water crossings. Then I was following a single person's snowshoe tracks, up to 3200' where they had stopped and turned around. From there, I got to break trail with 6" of fresh powder (18" drifts) by myself to the summit maybe 1.5-2 miles away. I made it to the summit platform well before noon, took some beautiful pictures, and then headed back down. The wind at the summit platform was wicked (maybe 25-30 MPH) so I didn't doddle. I passed by the group of 6 at the ledges, and saw another 5 people (all in snowshoes as well) coming up the trail as I was descending. The trail will still need snowshoes tomorrow (especially with the snow getting warmer and softer), but the trail is broken out and well on its way to becoming a monorail. |
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 | Name: |
Timex |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-02-22 |
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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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