| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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PJ Ledge (Mt. Cardigan), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Manning Trail, Holt Trail, Holt-Clark Cutoff, Clark Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 9, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot at the AMC Cardigan Lodge is plowed and was wide open late afternoon -- only other cars/trucks were a couple of staff vehicles. Shem Valley Road is in good shape. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None were an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One large blowdown blocking most of Grand Junction (chainsaw; it's been there for at least a month?), and another (gnarled hardwood top; Silky Saw) about 0.25 miles past there, headed up the Holt-Clark Cutoff |
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 | Comments: |
A few inches of new powder down low becomes several inches by the time one reaches PJ Ledge.
Much drifting, too, in many places. Our tracks were mostly gone by the time we began heading back.
We used light traction -- not really the best option, as it was tedious, especially trying to get purchase on the copious amounts of blue ice under the new snow. We'll be back in the next day, with snowshoes.
The frozen Elizabeth Holt Falls is spectacular. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-01-09 |
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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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