| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Hale, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Snowmobile trails, Haystack Road, North Twin Trail, herd path, Fire Warden's Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the end of Little River Rd, no issues. Little Haystack Rd. (closed) is completely bare. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None that posed an issue |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Two large walk-arounds on the first tenth of a mile on North Twin. To echo some older posts - Fire Warden's is very easy to follow once you're on it. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Hannah had a good day - she was also postholing occasionally but never seemed too bothered by it. |
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 | Bugs: |
A few ... |
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 | Comments: |
After a big hike in the Presi's the day before, we got an unusually late start and decided to check out the mellower Fire Warden's Trail. After one false start getting to Little Haystack Rd, we headed up North Twin Trail and the herd path after the first crossing. Having done some research before about finding the FW trail, it was pretty easy to find once I spotted the magic tree. Snow patches started about 1/3 of the way up FW, top half of the trail had plenty of soft snow and a very unstable monorail - too warm and super soft snow so snowshoes didn't help much for the five minutes I tried them - postholed with and without them. Momentarily lost the trail by the left turn near the top with the Presi view, but eventually found it after 10 minutes and a few vicious spruce traps. Ended up being pretty decent weather with clouds only showing up at the very end of the day. Nice day to explore this beautiful area - despite the typical frustrating spring conditions in places we had a great hike. First 4k to get in all four seasons. Will definitely be coming back to FW trail in another season to hike it again :) |
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 | Name: |
Hikes with Hannah |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-05-02 |
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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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