| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Cardigan (almost) and South Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Holt Trail, Clark Trail, Hurricane Gap Trail, South Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, January 9, 2010 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Roads to Cardigan Lodge (Mount Cardigan Road and Shem Valley Road) are plowed/sanded, and lodge parking lot is plowed. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Ice - Blue, Snow - Drifts, Ice - Breakable Crust |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings are either snow-bridged or negligible. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
None -- there were no blowdowns (woo hoo!). |
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 | Comments: |
Took Holt Trail to Clark Trail and then Clark Trail to just above the Warden's Cabin (just below the summit). Went back to Hurricane Gap Trail and took that past the AMC Hi-Cabin to South Ridge Trail to South Peak. Holt Trail to Croo Bridge (over Bailey Brook) is packed out nicely with a few inches of fresh powder on top. Past bridge, trail is packed out in some places with foot-deep drifts in other places, up to Hurricane Gap Trail junction. Beyond here, to Warden's Cabin, trail is deeply drifted. Beyond Warden's Cabin, some foot-deep drifts alternating with styrofoam and boillerplate all the way to summit. Hurricane Gap Trail is packed out to Hi-Cabin; beyond that, trail is drifted (broken only by my snowshoes), as is South Peak Trail to just below South Peak, where trail turns to boilerplate. I wore MSR Denalis the entire way and had no problems on ice/boilerplate/drifts. |
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 | Name: |
Chuck the Chupacabra |
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 | E-Mail: |
info(at)barkingcat(dot)net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-01-09 |
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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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