| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Black Cap, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Middle Mountain Trail, Black Cap Connector, Black Cap Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 28, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lot on Thompson Road. Used by many people to walk their dogs at Pudding Pond. A few empty spots around 9:30AM. Full in the PM. Many signs on edge of Thompson Road warning of fines for roadside parking away from lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Small brook easy stride over |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail in good condition. One blow down on the Black Cap Connector that I walked around. Several lean overs that were no problem to get by. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Fine for dogs |
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 | Comments: |
Compacted snow surfaces from lot up to the junction with the Peaked Mtn Connector Trail. Thereafter I saw occasional outlines of an old snowshoe track with more recent pockmarked surfaces from a bare booter. There was a layer of loose snow at the surface that was up to about a half a foot or so at the higher elevations. I snowshoed the hike so there is a smooth track to Black Cap summit (until the next snowfall fills in the trench). The 0.2 miles on the Black Cap Spur is a snowmobile route with packed snow (neither saw or heard any snowmobiles today). Nice views from the summit with colorful clouds and sky. Mt Washington's summit was visible with clouds abutting the snowy Presidential Range.
I saw no other hikers except three on the Middle Mtn Trail near the end of my hike. |
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 | Name: |
WAUMBEK |
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 | E-Mail: |
waumbek@roadrunner.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-01-28 |
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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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