| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
North Pack Monadnock, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Road walk, Ted’s Trail, Cliff Trail, Wapack Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 14, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Wapack lot is plowed. Room for maybe a dozen cars if people park well.
Ted’s has room for about 3 cars, and that’s it. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in great shape! |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Only saw one today, but he looked happy. |
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 | Bugs: |
Some snowfleas just past the summit. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Random items stashed at both trailheads (a pair of mittens at Wapack, a snow basket and a purple glove at Ted’s). |
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 | Comments: |
Welp…that was interesting.
Dropped a car at Wapack and walked down Mountain Rd to the Ted’s trailhead. Saw the trail was broken out, so we were happy about that. Snowshoes went on, and it was soft (but broken) to the Ted’s/Carolyn’s junction. Several sets of tracks broke out Carolyn’s; we continued on Ted’s. After the last junction with Carolyn’s (just above the falls), we noticed the trail was much more roughly broken.
We continued up Ted’s, past the steeps, trying to smooth out the roughly broken one or two sets of snowshoe tracks. Eventually, we caught up to Michael and Sabrina, the two folks who had yeoman’s work busting out Ted’s. We took over breaking until we hit Cliff Trail which was fully broken and solid all the way to the summit.
Wapack coming down was also fully broken and solid, but still soft enough that snowshoes are the best option.
Was definitely not expecting to break through as much snow as we did. The top part of Ted’s below the Cliff junction, we were breaking through easily 18-24” of snow. There’s a TON of snow out there, so snowshoes are the way to go for the foreseeable future. With the incoming thaw/freeze this week, the next couple days will dictate how the track will set up going forward. |
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 | Name: |
Chef |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-02-14 |
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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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