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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Stinson Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Stinson Mountain Trail, snowmobile trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, February 21, 2022
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Small lot is not plowed, but has been packed down. Access road may become icy after the forecast rain. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Took out a minor blowdown. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Warm afternoon (temps in the low 40s), so the snow was increasingly soft. Barebooters installed a few new postholes today.

The first section of trail (from the parking lot, across the first snowmobile trail, and to the second snowmobile trail) wasn't too bad in terms of posthole damage, but still not great. Snowshoes were the way to go.

Above the second snowmobile trail crossing, there were multiple Microspike Minefields of postholes. Yuck.

For the descent, I opted to take the snowmobile down to avoid the postholes. One could probably Microspike this without issue. A few bare spots emerging from snowmobile use.

Generally a mixture of sticky snow (from Saturday's snowfall) and spring snow. Microspikes looked to be balling up, but snowshoes were fine.

Full cover with maybe 1' (down low) to perhaps 2' (higher up) snowpack.  
Name
Name: rocket21 
E-Mail
E-Mail: rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2022-02-21 
Link
Link: https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos 
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