| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Jackson, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Webster-Jackson Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Easy parking at Saco Pond on Rt302 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Streams were high with recent high temps. Ice bridges are gone or easily collapsing. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Essentially zero blazes from Jackson cutoff to summit. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
One dog today |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
Dry trail and mud for about a mile. Mix of stream crossings - some without ice bridges and some with collapsing remnants. Bare boots unit 0.25 past fork to Jackson, then microspikes for degraded monorail (many pockets underneath). Only post-holed once by staying tight to remaining monorail. Mix of monorail, boulders, and ledge nearing summit, but summit ledges were clear. Socked in with winds at 60 mph at summit, so didn’t continue to Pierce as planned. Returned by same trail. Poles recommended for navigating degraded monorail, testing ice bridges, and steep-wet downgrade. |
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 | Name: |
Mike K |
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 | E-Mail: |
mtkinnison@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-04-30 |
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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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