Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
| Peaks |
Mt. Pierce, NH |
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| Trails: |
Crawford Path, Webster Cliff Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 7, 2021 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the Highland Center. Beware speedsters zooming through parking lot to exit. They take no prisoners! ;-) |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular |
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| Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Nada to worry about today. For Mon/Tues/Wed, just watch for postholes at minor water runoff crossings. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is great shape. Only two blowdowns. Only one required moderate limbo skills. |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
Met one golden lab mix, 'River' and her owners. Both doggie and owners were extremely friendly and very good company. Ran into one German Shepard and owner on the way up, and 2 more dogs and owners on the way down. |
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| Bugs: |
Nada, thankfully! |
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| Lost and Found: |
Nada |
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| Comments: |
My nephew companion completed his first NH 4K winter peak today - yea! Congrats!
We opted to don microspikes all the way to Pierce's summit. The trail was well-consolidated, packed granular snow. Very little ice, even on the summit.
For those continuing to Mizpah Spring Hut via the Webster-Jackson trail, I offer this assessment, based upon a short walk onto part of this trail. Wear snowshoes. It's narrow, not consolidated and full of voids to step into.
For the next few days, with warming temperatures, it might be a good idea to even wear snowshoes up Crawford Path, as the snow base is likely be softened and postholing will at play. You need your ankles to hike, save them from postholes!
We were very lucky to have beautiful, sunny skies and low wind conditions as we reached the summit. Earlier, the skies were largely cloudy and tending to partly cloudy. But the high pressure system that entered Northern NH, entered at the right moment. Later, as we were returning to RT302, we noticed that the winds had picked up by 2:30pm or so. |
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| Name: |
Winged Foot Boy |
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| E-Mail: |
fourseasonhiker@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-03-07 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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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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