| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Slide Peak, Mt. Isolation, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Direttissima, Glen Boulder Trail, Davis Path, Isolation Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, May 5, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
only one other car when we returned at the Direttissima trailhead. Glen Ellis parking is still closed |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
rock hoppable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Lots of dead limbs along Glen Boulder and very narrow within the spruce tunnel on the upper section. Davis Path from Boot Spur all the way to summit had a lot of blowdowns. We cleared some small stuff but lots of big trees are down and we had to go off-trail to get around them. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
none today - would have been hard with the trail conditions falling apart. |
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 | Bugs: |
just a few on the way back to the car but they didn't bother us. |
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 | Comments: |
Just about every condition imaginable today. We needed Iso for May and just did Rocky Branch 2 weeks ago and really wanted something different. I haven't seen any posts for Glen Boulder but we decided to give it a go. There were old tracks in the snow sections so i guess people do take it in the winter.
Dry to start but quickly hit slippery rocks as we began to climb. Some snow as soon as 3,000 ft but you could avoid most of it. A deteriorating monorail in the spruce trees above Glen Boulder was challenging because that tunnel is narrow. Nice and dry along the ridge to junction at Boot Spur but once we hit the tree line on Davis Path, it was a mess. Some sections of full snow/slightly stable packed trail, but it went in and out with unstable areas and elevated monorail. Getting around the blowdowns was challenging and you could easily sink in the softer snow. You could also punch through at any moment into a little brook/wet trail - could be knee high or higher. We didn't bring snowshoes and I don't know if they would have helped. Maybe some but it would have been hard to navigate the blowdowns and they would have been on/off alot. We had spikes but never felt like we needed them. We only tackled this to move our Grid along (570/576) and it was 50% fun/50% not. We've hiked this in 6 hours in the summer but it took us 8 hours car to car today. |
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 | Name: |
KT |
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 | E-Mail: |
ktsoukup1313@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-05-05 |
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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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