| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Goodrich Rock, Greeley Ponds, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Livermore Trail, Greeley Ponds Trail, Goodrich Rock Trail, Timber Camp Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, March 18, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Spotted a car in a wide shoulder area about a quarter mile east of the Greeley Ponds Trail on the Kanc, the lot has not been plowed, probably all winter. Parked a car at the Livermore/Depot Camp parking lot, nicely plowed, our starting point. Plenty of room there this day. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None were difficult, although wearing snowshoes makes the crossings a bit awkward. The South Fork of the Hancock Branch, about .3 miles from the Kanc was still snowbridged as of this date, but I don't think that will last much longer. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns, mostly stepovers. One was better as a walkaround. One of us crawled under that one. |
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 | Comments: |
Traverse of the Greeley Ponds Trail plus the 2 spurs noted above, in the interests of redlining Waterville valley. The Livermore Trail end was mostly boilerplate ice, we used microspikes. Then later on the snow got deeper and softer, with the sunny warm weather, and we switched to snowshoes and used them the rest of the day. The Timber Camp Trail was the least broken out, in fact an earlier snowshoer had stopped and turned around at a small clearing a few tenths before the camp clearing so from there on the trail was not broken out. On the Greeley Ponds Trail, the closer we got to the Kanc the more we could see a monorail developing in its early stages, before it becomes a true monorail, so we were fine on our snowshoes as long as we stayed in the middle of the trail. It looked like some earlier barebooters had trouble with postholing whenever they strayed from the middle of the trail in the last mile and a half before we reached the Kanc. Other than a handful of cross-country skiers at the Livermore Trail parking lot and at the Depot Camp clearing we didn't see a soul all day. Thanks to LW and Camo for a great hike. |
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 | Name: |
greatoz |
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 | E-Mail: |
greatoz.tz...verizon.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-03-18 |
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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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