| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Square Ledge, Mt. Passaconaway, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Oliverian Brook Trail, Square Ledge Branch Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Walden Trail, View Spur, Dicey's Mill Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
parking lot was plowed just off 112 but not to gate and summer parking lot. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Crossings were wet but only ankle deep using stepping stones, but the stones were covered by a veneer of thin ice. Flooded areas on middle Oliverian |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One large crawl under on lower Oliverarian, one large blowdown length-wise on Square Ledge Branch. Other smaller blowdowns here and there. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
I lost a Z-rest somewhere on the mountain near the summit. |
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 | Comments: |
Solo lollipop loop over Square Ledge and Passaconaway from the Kanc. Late start, down after dark, so no one the entire day. Ankle-twister frozen postholes most of the route. Only part of the trail that was not postholed was the lower Oliverian (hammered out by skiers) and the part of Square Ledge Trail from just E of the SL summit west to Passaconaway Cutoff. Lots of coarse ice on the upper part of Walden below the summit and a few tricky spots. Patches of bare rocks and washouts here and there throughout. I put on/took off snowshoes/spikes several times & used snowshoes to keep my ankles right going down after dark. |
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 | Name: |
Barefoot Paul |
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 | E-Mail: |
paulwgagnon@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-01-08 |
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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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