| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Huntington Ravine, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Tuckerman Ravine Trail, Huntington Ravine Fire Road, Huntington Ravine Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, July 13, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Still a good amount of room at the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center at 8:15. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All crossings on Tuckerman Ravine Trail and Huntington Ravine Fire Road are bridged (though some of the bridges on the Fire Road seem old). The short stretch of Huntington Ravine Trail I used had two river crossings - they were both rock-hoppable, though the rocks were wet and slippery. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Some wet areas on the Fire Road. I was gratified to see a new sign at the junction of Tuckerman Ravine Trail and the Fire Road - that sign wasn't there two years ago. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
They'd probably be fine, as long as they turned around where I did (at the first-aid cache) and didn't venture any further into Huntington Ravine. |
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 | Bugs: |
Not an issue here, interestingly. |
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 | Comments: |
The purpose of this hike was to redline Huntington Ravine Fire Road, which was added as an official trail for the 31st edition of the WMG. Tuckerman Ravine Trail is its normal rocky, relentless self. Huntington Ravine Fire Road was a bit different from what I expected. I thought it would be pretty similar to Tuckerman Ravine Trail, since it's also a Sno-Cat route in the winter, but they are actually quite different. The Fire Road has much more vegetation on it, and is wetter in places as well. The section up to the first junction with Huntington Ravine Trail was wet in sections but very gentle. The next section, up to the next junction with Huntington Ravine Trail, is very brushy - it would definitely have car wash conditions after a rainstorm. The footing in that section is still fairly good though. The next part, where the Trail and Fire Road coincide, is rockier and wetter. The upper section of the Fire Road is actually quite steep and rough, with some big boulders. You can tell that it would require a very deep snowpack for a vehicle to be able to get though - 4 or 5 feet at least. The Trail and Fire Road meet up one last time just before reaching the Albert Dow Memorial First-aid Cache, which was my turnaround point since it's the end of the Fire Road.
On the way down, I took the Trail to bypass the upper section of the Fire Road. I don't know if this saved me any time, since the Trail was very rough and rocky and had a lot of standing and running water on it as well, and had those two unbridged river crossings, but it helped mix things up a little. I took the Fire Road for the middle and lower sections. Tuckerman Ravine Trail was a little bit of a pain since most of the rocks were wet and slippery, but I did get to encourage a couple dozen hikers who were coming up as I was heading down. Some people were starting their summit attempts a bit later than I would've expected. |
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 | Name: |
GN |
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 | E-Mail: |
ghnaigles@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-07-13 |
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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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