| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Anna, West Quarry Mountain, Rand Mountain, Mt. Klem, Mt. Mack, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Old Stage Road, Anna-Goat Trail, Belknap Range Trail, Marsh Crossing Trail, Dave Roberts Quarry Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of room at the end of Alton Mountain Road |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes, Slush, Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Smaller crossing were easy hops. Larger crossings were bridged but may not last much longer |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few smaller blowdowns along the way that were still frozen in the snow. One large, ax or chainsaw sized, blowdown on the DRQT just below the Quarry Site. One wobbly rock in the rock water bar build by the trail adopter on Anna-Goat. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No troubles |
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 | Bugs: |
Lots of snow fleas and a few of the first of the season Stockdale Mosquitos |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nothing |
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 | Comments: |
What a great spring-like day in the Belknaps today. The trails offered up every type of condition you could imagine today. Old Stage Road was firm packed and icy from snowmobile traffic. Thank you to the snowmobile club for building a nice new bridge on Old Stage Road addressing the beaver flooding issues. Anna-Goat Trail was mixed bare ground, ice and snow as was the BRT from Anna to Marsh Crossing. Marsh crossing had a bit more snow but we did fine without snowshoes on it. From West Quarry down to the Quarry-Rand col was more of the same. We put snowshoes on in the col and kept them on until back on the Anna-Goat Trail. Snowshoes were absolutely needed on these lesser traveled trails. We broke trail up Rand and then over to Klem and on to Mack. No signs of recent traffic between Klem and Mack or heading down to Round Pond from Klem. Some old boot tracks heading down to Round Pond from Mack. The trail between Mack and Anna(BRT) was recently used but still very soft, snowshoes necessary. Lots of ice coming down from Rand towards Klem on the steep ledges. We had to bushwhack around the worst of it. |
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 | Name: |
Skidder |
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 | E-Mail: |
stephen.kidder@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-03-03 |
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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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