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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Wildcat A, Wildcat B, Wildcat C, Wildcat D, NH
Trails
Trails: Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Wildcat Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, December 23, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes:  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: No problems 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Trails in excellent shape. Cut up and removed the only two blowdowns I encountered. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Plenty of open water for drinking. My golden thought he wanted to go out on the aqueduct pool - thin ice - had to call him back before he got out there. 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Nineteen Mile Brook Trail is a frozen jumble of formerly slushy boot imprints / shallow postholes. It was quite tedious to walk on. There are numerous ice bulges and copious water ice beneath a thin layer of new snow. It would not be ridiculous to wear 10-point crampons as microspikes barely held on and I skated a few sections.

Wildcat Ridge Trail, from the bootleg campsite, has sufficient coverage for snowshoes and has a pretty decent track. Very minor drifts, nothing deeper than a foot.  
Name
Name: BikeHikeSkiFish 
E-Mail
E-Mail: timlucia@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-12-23 
Link
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