| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Vose Spur, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Signal Ridge Trail, Carrigain Notch Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, November 17, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Sawyer River Road was open to summer parking lot, there where tire marks to Sawyer Pond TH as well. I cannot imagine this road will be open much longer, its basically a sheet of ice that if you even tap your brakes you're skidding. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Main crossing on way to Carrigain Notch/Signal Ridge junction was hoppable. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There is one widow maker which will need some saw work (its dangling) between the major water crossing and the junction of Signal Ridge and Notch |
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 | Comments: |
***The canister needs a new bracket to attach to tree (and screws)***
A nice, calm, and warm fall day for my second summit of Vose. From trailhead to Notch junction is broken out via the abandoned trail (does not go up the switchback). Also its tracked out via the abandoned trail just before the water crossing. Laid fresh tracks on Carrigain Notch, only an inch or two of frozen granular. Met a pair of ice climbers heading towards Lowell Chute but they where long gone when we got back - no ice in there yet. We went just past bushwhack rock and ascended from there. More or less following the herd path from what I remembered. There WAS an exorbitant amount of flagging along the route. About 90% -- two pocketful's later, it's mostly gone. I do not understand the need to flag this, or any paths really - they are so obvious now its sad. That and its explicitly stated in the hundred highest packet as something NOT to do. I was able to bare boot to the tallus field, from there I put spikes on. There were four moose yards, two being in the summit clearing and two being about 10 feet off the summit clearing. Very cool. Stunning vistas from the tallus, we lingered a long while here. Well worth it. |
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 | Name: |
The Teal Goat & Crew |
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 | E-Mail: |
sea2thebiscuit@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-11-17 |
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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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