| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Crawford Path, Webster Cliff Trail, Mizpah Cutoff |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 29, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Busy on the way out (cars lining both sides of 302 outside the Highland Center), no issues at 6am though! |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails were easy going! Surprisingly nothing down from the past storm. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw a few pups, both owners held their pups and let ours pass as we descended.. too bad all dog encounters can't be this smooth! Thanks a million to these owners! |
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 | Bugs: |
Not a one. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nothing to report. |
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 | Comments: |
Crawford Path was packed near solid from a hiker dragging a sled up. We wore snowshoes all day which were perfect as we did not have to stop and switch out a bunch of times - lots of low hanging branches from bent-over frozen trees. Lots of drifting in the alpine zone, prior tracks a bit hard to see from the Eisenhower cutoff but cairns are still discernible.
All tracks ended about 20ft after the summit - just a heads up: our tracks WILL get you down to the Mizpah Hut.. but with more or less a bushwhack in several areas! Came down a bit left of the blowdown leading to the hut, a bit slick on the descent, but what fun romping through 12+ inches of fluffy powder!!
Followed 1 set of snowshoe tracks from the Hut back along the Mizpah Cutoff, obviously more broken out now. There are tracks continuing South along the AT toward Jackson - completely unsure of how far they actually go, we did not follow.
Lots of spikes and barebooters headed up at 10:30am as we descended out still on snowshoes, all in all.. fantastic day breaking trail and navigating/bushwhacking through the woods!
Cheers! Happy climbing!
Erik |
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 | Name: |
Erik Hamilton |
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 | E-Mail: |
ehamilton9481@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-02-29 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.veggiesvistasandvert.com |
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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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