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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Hancock, South Hancock, NH
Trails
Trails: Hancock Notch Trail, Cedar Brook Trail, Hancock Loop Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: fine 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: all water crossings were bridged or easily rock hoppable, no need to bushwhack around the stream crossings 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: couple of small birch stepovers, larger birch straddle over and really large pine straddle over. Between north and middle, the corridor is starting to get narrow with spruce growth 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: saw one Lab that seemed to have no issues 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: none 
 
Comments
Comments: overcast most of the day, no wind to speak of, temps in the 30s and 40s. 1" max snow cover on the bottom, 3" to 4" along the ridge but no need for snowshoes. Wore microspikes most of the day, on the way down, I was having snowballing issues with my spikes so I took them off for that last 3.5 miles of level traveling.



NOTE: always nice bumping into Rocket21 and chatting a while.  
Name
Name: Larry Peck 
E-Mail
E-Mail: l.peck hotmail com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2012-01-07 
Link
Link: https:// 
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