| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Roadwalk, Gorge Brook Trail, Snapper Trail, Carriage Road, Gorge Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 28, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Road is plowed to winter lot. There is parking for about 15 cars, if people know how to park.
Today was not humanity’s greatest showing when it comes to parking ability and the ability to read signs about how and where you should park. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Skis |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All real crossings are physically bridged. A couple open stream spots to step over. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Top of Gorge Brook has a couple of doozies, including one that you literally have to sit down to scoot under. Hard to tell with others whether they would actually need saw work, or the branches would normally be high enough above your head if you weren’t standing on 5 feet of snow. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
The ones we saw looked very happy! |
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 | Bugs: |
N/A |
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 | Lost and Found: |
N/A |
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 | Comments: |
After today, I think I can only reach one conclusion: I must be the laziest MFer hiking in the Whites, because why would you hike right now without snowshoes?
As we started on Gorge Brook, we remarked at how, even though the trail was fully broken, it still felt soft underfoot. Luckily for us, this is exactly the type of snow that snowshoes were made for. At the Snapper junction, we saw that it was delightfully packed and flat, so we opted to go up Snapper and Carriage Road.
Snapper was delightful snowshoeing. When we got to the junction of Carriage Road, we could see it had been packed by skis both going up, and going out to Breezy Point. Carriage Road was also delightful snowshoeing up to the Glencliff junction.
After the junction…yikes. I think on our travels to the summit and Gorge Brook down, we passed close to 50 people coming opposite our direction. All but maybe 5 of them had spikes on. So now, the entire loop is completely churned up and a mess. We saw people postholing to their nether regions, which could not have been fun. There’s one section on the top of Gorge Brook that is DESTROYED, and is on a sidehill to boot. Definitely not ideal right now.
It’s too bad Moose is getting the Jackson/Pierce/Liberty treatment with everyone just assuming because it’s broken out, spikes are fine. Will take a LOT of snowshoe love to reset the trails :( |
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 | Name: |
Chef |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-02-28 |
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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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