| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Twin, South Twin, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Haystack Road, North Twin Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 28, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at Seven Dwarfs Motel- Easy to follow parking directions at mailbox- even an option for solo hikers to include time and destination for reference. Road walk is about 1.5 miles to North Twin trailhead |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Main water crossing is almost completely bridged over- just one small hop. Smaller water crossings were hop-able. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One or two insignificant blowdowns |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
My two dogs were the only ones I saw today- very dog friendly route, especially with the nearly completely frozen over water crossing |
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 | Comments: |
I chose to wear snowshoes for just about the full 14 mile round trip- Trail is broken out but after the intersection with Fire Warden trail especially, the snow is loose and not fully consolidated. Microspikes would also work most of the way but preferred snowshoes for the beach sand type snow conditions all the way to North Twin. Between the peaks, snow shoes are more necessary as there were several deep drifts filling in the packed trail. A group of about 5 in snowshoes after me were the only others I saw today so trail should be in good shape. Perfect chilly day out there with great conditions! |
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 | Name: |
Jen C |
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 | E-Mail: |
jchick205@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-12-28 |
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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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