| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Washington, Mt. Monroe, Mt. Franklin, Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Cog Rail Trail, Nelson Crag Trail, Crawford Path, Monroe Loop, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail, Mt. Clinton Road, Base Station Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, March 16, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the Cog paid the fee lot was empty this morning. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction, Traction, Ice Axe, Snowshoes |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails all in great shape. |
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 | Comments: |
Excellent hike of Mt Washington and southern Presidentials. Started up the cog trail with microspikes until just after Jacob's ladder where I switched to crampons. I highly recommend donning crampons about 1000 ft before JL as the ice is extremely thick and angled towards the ravine. I learned in an invaluable lesson today with a fall on this part of the trail. Crampons stayed on for remainder of hike until Pierce when I switched back to micros. Trails are solid and navigation was no issue. There are substantial frozen ice flows however to just after descending Eisenhower into the trees. The Crawford Path from intersection of Webster Cliff trail was a packed superhighway. The Clinton road had trace packed snow and was quick to hike on. It was nice chatting with Patty and another hiker that I met that was also working on his grid. Cant think of a better place to be on a day like this🙂
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 | Name: |
Scottb |
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 | E-Mail: |
Mainebeefman@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-03-16 |
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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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