| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Eisenhower, Mt. Pierce, Mt. Jackson, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Crawford Path, Eisenhower Loop, Webster Cliff Trail, Webster Jackson Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, January 12, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at Jackson-Webster Trailhead. The parking near the train Depot is limited and has a minor snowbank you have to roll over which depending on your vehicle will or will not be a problem. Walked to Crawford Path. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Left mine at home, she would have frozen her tatas in the wind on Eisenhower. Only saw 1 all day. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
A lot of people lost their snowshoes apparently. |
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 | Comments: |
Snowshoes the whole way (except the road walk part!). Crawford Path sucked with lots of uneven postholes. In places I barely was breaking through, in others there were 1'+ deep postholes. It got better the higher up I got. No tracks out to Eisenhower, and it was amazing. Didn't break through the crust (much) and beautiful winding though the Krummholz...Met a couple of hikers who had come up Ammo and come across (and who I think broke out Mitzpah to Jackson ahead of me...thx!) Just starting to clear when I got to Ike...enough to just see the summit of Wash. 2 or 3 sets of snowshoe tracks between Pierce and Jackson that mostly weren't breaking through the crust, but when you did break though it was deep. No ice. By the summit of Jackson, stunning vistas...not a cloud to be seen. Path down from Jackson was Sweet...white sidewalk...snowshoes or bare boots would have worked. |
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 | Name: |
Borealis |
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 | E-Mail: |
kdwelch1@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-01-12 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.strava.com/activities/10546909753 |
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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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