| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Osceola, East Osceola, Middle Osceola, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Greeley Ponds Trail, Mount Osceola Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 20, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking lot is not being plowed. Recent rains have turned the lot into a sheet of bumpy ice. I was able to get in and out with a small car, however. There are better parking opens to the east and the west, a few tenth of a mile from the trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All were open. Rain water had subsided by the morning of our hike. Stepping stones were visible or only an inch or so underwater, but some stones were covered in ice. |
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 | Comments: |
Party of three, up & down via Route 112 to Osceola, East Osceola, and bushwhacking to Middle. Trail snow was hard and firm with some tricky icy spots on the steep sections occasional washouts. Two of us ascended in light traction, one in crampons. On the descent, all three used crampons. Could have gone down with just light traction--it was easier and safer with crampons. The Chimney was an ice climb and even the bypass had ice on it. We used the Chimney bypass on the ascent and the bypass-of-the-bypass on descent. The plan was to snowshoe to the west peak and Peggy's Perch, but the unbroken snow there was crap even with snowshoes and the herd path messy. We weren't feeling that ambitious. Turned around at the middle peak. Mt Osceola Trail is broken out to the south, likely all the way to Tripoli Road. |
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 | Name: |
Barefoot Paul-William |
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 | E-Mail: |
paulwgagnon@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-12-21 |
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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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