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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Whiteface, Mt. Passaconaway, NH
Trails
Trails: Blueberry Ledge Trail, Rollins Trail, Dicey's Mill Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, February 17, 2018
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Ferncroft was filling up fast and when i can out parking overflow on the road. Oh and its a skating rink.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All were open with low water level and rock hoppable. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few duck under and step overs on the Rollins tr. and blue blazes are far and few between.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Didn't see any dogs today. The ledges are very icy and will just get worse. Experienced hiking dogs only for now i would say.  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Trail was hard this morning with human postholes and uneven trail. Moose postholes in the area of the upper junct. of the Tom Wiggin tr. The ledges were icy today and my dull spikes were a poor choice but given it was only a short distance i figured it out. At the last set of ledges is where the packed trail stopped not the summit. So i put my snow shoes on and followed the only set of foot prints over the Rollins trail which i believe to be from Brenda V. Thank you very much! Even though faint, I was able to follow them at the the twists and turns. But now it is broken out with 1 more. Up and down the cone of Passaconaway and the Diceys Mill trail was full of postholes so much you could trust an ankle with/without snowshoes. So it was a little bit of everything today so happy hiking.  
Name
Name: Gumbyhiker 
E-Mail
E-Mail: Gumbyhiker@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2018-02-17 
Link
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