| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Vose Spur, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Sawyer River Road, Signal Ridge Trail, Carrigain Notch Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 21, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lot at the start of Sawyer River Road was plowed out but icy/ a little sloppy. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossing at logging road off triangle by Signal Ridge & Carrigain Notch Trail was crossable on exposed stepping stones. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One large blowdown on lower part of Signal Ridge Trail (walk-around) |
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 | Comments: |
Party of 3, Vose Spur. We used skis on the road and on the flatter parts of Signal Ridge and Carrigain Notch Trails--conditions were excellent; barely any effort in skiing out on the road. We dropped skis and put on hiking boots and snowshoes for the bushwhack. Deep snow ~ 3ft, dense, loose powder, tough going. We started out breaking trail to about 1/3 of the way up where we bumped into tracks coming down (according to the summit log, SSW100 group coming down over the Spur from Carrigain--we took a slightly different start route as they took coming down and probably missed them by a few minutes). We were glad to have the tracks for the rest of the way up, but there was still a lot of backsliding. Some sketchy-steep spots on the descent, lots of grabbing onto trees to keep from sliding down uncontrollably. The talus field was almost all covered over, just a few rocks poking out. The SSW100 party mucked up our nice ski trails on the way out with snowshoes (I take it as a wash and am not offended--we were glad to have their tracks up the spur) so we skied out a new route aside the snowshoe tracks. Below the Signal/Notch junction the trail was flat and smooth enough for good skiing right on the trail. |
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 | Name: |
Barefoot Paul |
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 | E-Mail: |
paulwgagnon@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-02-22 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.paulwilliamgagnon.com |
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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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