| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Greens Cliff, Mt. Huntington - East Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nanomocomuck Ski Trail, Sawyer River Trail, bushwhacks |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, February 19, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
good parking road side at lily pond off the kanc. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Wet/Sticky |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
we chose to head in via the ski trail as we thought the crossing would be easier farther upstream. the ski bridge taken out during irene is still out. just upstream from the ridge we found multiple straight forward rock hoppable spots. can't speak to the crossing at sawyer river trail, but i expect it would have been more difficult given what we saw of the river below where we crossed. smaller drainages crossed on slopes of east huntington were fairly easy to manage. |
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 | Comments: |
some crusty snowshoeing on the ski trail down to the river which we crossed just upstream of the bridge site. we continued on the ski trail to sawyer river trail with crusty conditions remaining with an old trough from previous travellers. where the ski trail turns off and joins the snowmobile route we followed it down and across the bridge over meadow brook (crossing elsewhere probably would have been sketchy with water running over ice). we immediately started our bushwhack up the southwest ridge of the peak. good snowshoeing despite the lack of depth. a mix of moderately scrappy evergreens and more open woods with ample hobblebush were the story up until the steep climb up towards the summit. we attacked the steeps head on up the slope to its southwest. snow diminished on the steep slope with some boiler plate and bare ground. up high we were funneled by cliffs on both sides through a shoot, free on snow entirely, up to a plateau west of the summit. snow reappeared and the snowshoeing was good up to the recognized highpoint. we also visited a second recognized site to the north. some views to be found especially nice to tremont and over to chocorua from various points over the cliff. we back tracked to the plateau over our steep ascent line and decided to try to stay on a minor ridge nw of that line for the descent. this worked really well with good snow and more moderate grades and once back on the sw ridge we rejoined our tracks back out. when we got back to the bridge crossing site we made the call to go for east huntington as well. our plan was to angle up and over to the main drainage on its south side, but as we went up we stayed more east which was fine up to around 2800 with lots of scrappy woods, but decent going. then we hit some nasty spruce with blowdowns and things slowed way down. once out of the sea of green we hit super tight woods and cliffs. slabbing west got us around the cliffs and with a bit more cursing we were on the ridge. it was a pretty nice walk from there to the recognized highpoint. some tight going in places, but generally decent. nearby we found a great view to hancock and carrigain. from the summit we descended direct down towards the drainage we never made it too on our ascent. woods were much better, still scrappy with some tricky rocky sections for snowshoeing. we eventually crossed out of the drainage to the east and ultimately rejoined our ascent track back down to the river and from there up to the highway. |
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 | Name: |
bryan, Nordic Gal |
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 | E-Mail: |
bryancuddihee@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-02-19 |
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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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