| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Ravine Lodge Road, Gorge Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Ravine Road plowed. Parked at the winter lot/second gate. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged or an easy stepover |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails, as always, are in great shape. One leaner about 2/3 of the way up Gorge Brook. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Saw one, seemed to be having a pretty good time. Jackson stayed home again today. |
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 | Bugs: |
None. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None. |
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 | Comments: |
We saw a set of snowshoe tracks on the road and had some hope but at the split in the road they headed off to the right. At the trailhead there was just one set of postholes heading into the woods. Tom wasn't feeling great yesterday morning and we almost turned back. Two other people showed up without snowshoes and with them in front of us I was able to create a decent track for him in my shoes. I don't know how you show up the day after a storm with no snowshoes, but at the end of the day we probably wouldn't have gone if they weren't in front of us, so I'm grateful for that.
Loose powder all the way up into the alpine zone and then it gets more consolidated with a breakable crust. Megadrift is starting to form and per usual the summit is mostly windblown.
I wasn't going to write a report because I thought it would basically be useless (it started to snow just as we got back into the trees) but woke up this morning to just an inch of junk on the deck in Lincoln so this information might still be useful. Tom and I were the last two people off the mountain so there should be a nice base for a snowshoe track. |
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 | Name: |
mmace724 |
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 | E-Mail: |
mikeymace at hotmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-01-26 |
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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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