| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Cannon Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Hi-Cannon Trail, Lonesome Lake Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 29, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Packed parking- I started out around 0620. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Rock hopping and bridges |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Many blowdowns but able to navigate around them. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw a few dogs on the hike- all were leashed. |
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 | Comments: |
This was my first time up Hi-Cannon and I'm not certain I will do it again in the winter. The summit was beautiful and totally worth the effort; however, there were a number of areas on the Hi-Cannon trail where I wished I had brought an ice axe, and an area where there was some wooden steps that felt downright terrifying. Hi-Cannon had not been stepped on in some time and I switched from microspikes to snowshoes about mid-way up. The views along the ridge were amazing; however the path was very steep and slippery and required constant vigilance until I got passed the wooden steps.
I was planning on using the Kinsman Ridge to get over to North and South Kinsman; however, the descent from Cannon on the Kinsman Ridge Trail was steep and not broken out at all. It was dicey getting down that trail and when I got close to the bottom I saw that others had attempted to climb it using snowshoes and had turned around. As I began my ascent up the Kinsman Ridge Trail towards the Cannon Balls, the blowdowns became more frequent and it became clear that I wasn't going to be able to ascend with the equipment I had with me. Once I got back to the Lonesome Lake Trail, hiking got substantially easier, and by the time I was at Lonesome Lake, the path was practically manicured. From Lonesome Lake down, microspikes would have been a nice option but the trail probably could be done with just hiking boots, |
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 | Name: |
Chipper |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-02-29 |
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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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