| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Isolation, Stairs Mountain, Mt. Crawford, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Dry River Trail, Isolation Trail, Davis Path, Isolation Spur, Stairs Spur, Crawford Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, June 13, 2021 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Isolation West has lots of duck unders. Davis path is overgrown in many spots. There were two large blowdowns between Mount Davis and the col about a mile north of stairs. One seemed recent because it didn't look like anyone had made a path around it yet and it completely covered the trail. The other is on a side hill with a drop off. For this one, we had to take our packs off, and slip them through a space between the hard broken tree limbs, then slide our bodies down through like the lemon squeezer on Chemin des Dames. We laid flat and slid our bodies down on our backs to avoid getting impaled by the tree branches. |
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 | Bugs: |
Not bad when breezy. Coming down Crawford they were out in force |
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 | Comments: |
Thank you to all the maintainers of these remote trails! We are so grateful! In the Dry River area, the cairns were key to finding the trail in some areas where it wasn't so clear. Lots of washed out areas, but that was expected. Davis path- We found 3 trickles of water that were enough for filtering between Isolation and Stairs. One was barely a trickle- that was between Isolation and Davis. Then between Davis and Stairs there were two that were filterable- small amount of water but it was moving. |
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 | Name: |
Alison R. |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-06-14 |
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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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