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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Firescrew, Mt. Cardigan, NH
Trails
Trails: Dukes ski trail, Manning Trail, Mowgils Trail, Clark Trail, Alexandria ski trail, Kimball ski trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, January 23, 2021
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction, Skis 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Some stream crossings. Easy to navigate, but not all are completely covered. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Detailed tour route: Up Dukes to Firescrew summit, traverse to Mt. Cardigan summit, transition below Cardigan summit, ski Clark Trail to Alexandria to Grand Junction, up to Kimball Knob, then down Kimball Ski Trail to the Lodge.

The trails below treeline were soft in the morning with approximately 6 to 12 inches of low density snow on top of a crust. By the afternoon on the trip down, most of the fresh snow was skied out leaving some soft turns between lots of crunchy icy ones. We were mostly protected from the wind below treeline, but not the cold temps.

Above treeline, strong winds out of the northwest blew the snow from the summits of Firescrew and Mt. Cardigan down to the rock in places, in other places it formed rime ice for our skins to grab onto. Three groups leap frogged our way up Manning Trail, where we had to bootpack up a portion of the trail after failing to find a skiable route, to the summit of Firescrew. We ate lunch in a beautiful sunny spot protected from the wind, then continued across the traverse to Mt. Cardigan where we rested in the lee of the fire tower long enough to take a few photos and decide that we should ski down below the summit bald before taking off our skins.  
Name
Name: Alicia 
E-Mail
E-Mail: alicia_ping@hotmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2021-01-24 
Link
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