| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Franklin, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Dry River Trail, Crawford Path, Franklin Spur, Mt. Eisenhower Trail, Dry River Cutoff, Mt. Clinton Trail, Mitzpah Cutoff, Crawford Path, Crawford Connector |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, August 22, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Crawford Connector lot was almost full at 7am on Saturday morning. Only our cars at the Dry River trailhead |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All crossing rock hops in the morning. Likely questionable hops or low wades post rainfall |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Dry River needs to be brushed out above the shelter to the headwall. Mt Eisenhower Tr could use a cairn on the west side of the crossing of the Dry River. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Bugs: |
A few but nothing bad |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Some guy left a pair of shoes on the gate at the Dry River trailhead |
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 | Comments: |
Hiked up to the shelter on Saturday and the trail below is in good shape but now its gonna be nice and muddy everywhere. Decently muddy and brushy climb thru a car wash up to the headwall where the sun came out for awhile until we reached Lakes of the Clouds Hut. Got sucked into chatting with someone I know who is on the hut croo and it kinda turned during our break. As we went around Monroe, the visibility went from cloudy to thick soupy ground fog with a nice 20-30mph breeze outta Oaks Gulf which completely fogged up my glasses and made it very nice to drop down below treeline on the Eisenhower Tr. This trail and Dry River Cutoff are pretty easy to follow and in nice shape. As the cutoff gets up towards the jct with the Clinton Tr it meanders into the blowdown mess from the Halloween 2017 storm which made for a fun climb up to Mitzpah Hut. It then kindly rained on up all the way down to the car |
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 | Name: |
Heat Lightning |
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 | E-Mail: |
ecs@mountainlogworks.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-08-23 |
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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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