| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, South Tripyramid, West Sleeper, East Sleeper, Mt. Whiteface, Mt. Passaconaway, NH |
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Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail, Kate Sleeper Trail, Rollins Trail, Dicey's Mill Trail, Walden Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff, Oliverian Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, March 19, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at Oliverian Brook TH, plowed for ~8-10 cars. Rode a bike to Pine Bend Brook where the shoulder is pushed back enough that you can park off the pavement across from the TH. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable), Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
There is a crossing about 2 miles from the Oliverian Brook Trailhead (I think Downes Brook) where I had to get slightly wet (~2" submerged rocks) |
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 | Comments: |
Microspikes all day. Pine Bend Brook is everything from bare dirt/rocks to packed snow, never came close to sinking in either on trail or off. The rain and thaw/freeze has set everything up nicely. On a warm day, things will get messy as there is still a lot of snow above 3000'. The climb down from S. Tripyramid is ice/bare ground/rock, and the S. Slide is pretty much snow free. Tracks for one or two snowshoers from a while ago are still visible on Kate Sleeper and helped tremendously with navigation...only had to use the GPS a couple of times. They did a great job navigating and was happy to keep seeing the blue blazes. If you are going to try this route, you should be a good navigator as even 1 or 2 inches of snow will obscure the previous tracks and the route meanders a decent amount and is not always obvious. Even the Moose aren't postholing right now, but they sure are crapping all over the trail on Kate Sleeper and Oliverian Brook...never seen so much! Rollins trail has some postholes and some somewhat sketchy ice flows which can be down climbed carefully, but you'll def want sharp spikes. My Hillsounds worked well. The climb up to Passaconaway on Dicey's Mills has more ice slabs, but the most challenging (from icy trail perspective) section is the Walden Trail going down the back of Passaconaway. If you were at all uncomfortable coming up Dicey's Mill to the Passaconaway summit, don't go down the Walden Trail...go back down the way you came. Heading down the Passaconaway Cutoff, it is very lightly traveled, with just one set of snowshoe tracks, I'm assuming the same hiker I followed through Kate Sleeper. |
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 | Name: |
Borealis |
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 | E-Mail: |
kdwelch1@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-03-19 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.strava.com/activities/17785453823/overview |
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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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