| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Wildcat A, Wildcat B, Wildcat C, Wildcat D, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, Wildcat Ridge Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, December 23, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, 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: |
No problems |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in excellent shape. Cut up and removed the only two blowdowns I encountered. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Plenty of open water for drinking. My golden thought he wanted to go out on the aqueduct pool - thin ice - had to call him back before he got out there. |
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 | Comments: |
Nineteen Mile Brook Trail is a frozen jumble of formerly slushy boot imprints / shallow postholes. It was quite tedious to walk on. There are numerous ice bulges and copious water ice beneath a thin layer of new snow. It would not be ridiculous to wear 10-point crampons as microspikes barely held on and I skated a few sections.
Wildcat Ridge Trail, from the bootleg campsite, has sufficient coverage for snowshoes and has a pretty decent track. Very minor drifts, nothing deeper than a foot. |
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 | Name: |
BikeHikeSkiFish |
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 | E-Mail: |
timlucia@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-12-23 |
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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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