| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Hunt Mountain - Southeast Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Hunt’s Mountain Road, powerline swath, unofficial trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 5, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The roads in were more difficult for my car than they were the day before due to all the melting. The roads were thus soft and muddy. But I made it. I parked at the plowed end of Hunt’s Mountain Rd just after it turns into a Class VI road. Plenty of room for multiple cars to park there. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
No obstructions on the powerline cut or road that I recall. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Sure |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Day 125, PeK 127. 3rd hike of the day after Big Bickford Mtn and Eagle Cliff in Franconia Notch. Still warm but the sun had gone away by the time I started this hike at 4:30pm, squeezing it in just before it got dark.
I walked up Hunt’s Mtn Road at gentle grades, following a snowshoe track until I hit the powerline cut where I turned left of the road and snowshoes track. To my surprise (though perhaps it shouldn’t have been given the views from the powerline swath!) I ran I into the snowshoe tracks again. I followed them along the powerlines and then I realized that at about half the distance to the peak, the snowshoe tracks made a loop: they’d ascended up the power lines but descended through the woods. I entered the woods on a road/path. There is some surveyors tape where it enters the woods. I ascended moderately assuming that this trail would take me to the peak but alas it dumped me back out onto the power line cut about 0.1mi below the peak. I think this was to avoid some cliffy areas around the summit. I continued along the powerlines to the HOL, where the snowshoe tracks stopped at the edge of the woods to enjoy the views, then dove into the woods and walked a couple hundred feet to the true summit and register.
I signed in and followed the powerline cut the whole way down. I was in snowshoes the whole time though certainly not always needed. Note that there was some exposed blue ice on some rock along the powerline swath at a few different points. My full crampons gripped it just fine though. The hike was 3mi with about 600ft of gain. It took me a little less than 1.5hrs. 240 more days and 258 more peaks to go… |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-03-06 |
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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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