| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Moat Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Moat Mountain Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 8, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Tons of paved parking at Diana's Baths lot |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Easily doable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns, easy enough to straddle or go around (can't remember where they were) |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
My 60 lb border collie- cattle dog mix did fine |
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 | Comments: |
, though the miles of trudging up steep inclines through deep powder caused her a case of "limber tail", which I had never heard of and scared me big time next morning. Footprints ended at the baths, but easy going on just a few inches of powder until the junction to head up Moat Mountain Trail away from the stream, about 2.4 miles in. New snow depth quickly got to about 6", then 9", then about a foot, and deeper on the steepest sections--up to crotch depth!
The three of us were careful to alternate steps, rather than walking in each other's steps,to optimize trail packing. On the way down, we had a nice foot deep trench with reasonably packed snow underfoot. Snow got sticky about midway down, so it should have consolidated nicely as we went over it a second time.
Lots of areas on the steps still have ice on the rock rendering those spots hard to get traction on.
Now well broken out!
We had the mountain to ourselves except for a family of three walking to Diana's Baths. A few inches of new powder were well worn to the baths, though we wore snowshoes from the start as we knew we would soon need them anyway.
My 60 lb border collie- cattle dog mix did fine, though the miles of trudging up steep inclines through deep powder caused her a case of "limber tail", which I had never heard of and scared me big time next morning.
Footprints ended at the baths, but easy going on just a few inches of powder until the junction to head up Moat Mountain Trail away from the stream, about 2.4 miles in. New snow depth quickly got to about 6", then 9", then about a foot, and much deeper on the steepest sections--up to crotch depth!
The three of us were careful to alternate steps, rather than walking in each other's steps,to optimize trail packing. On the way down, we had a nice foot-deep trench with reasonably packed snow underfoot, though still icy and very slippery on the steepest spots.
Snow got sticky about midway down, so it should have consolidated nicely as we went over it a second time.
The partially frozen stream is beautiful.
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 | Name: |
Roger Turgeon |
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 | E-Mail: |
rturgeon54@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-12-09 |
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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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