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date: 1/9/13 trails: piper mountain trail, piper-whiteface link, whiteface mountain trail, old piper trail, white trail, green trail, carriage road conditions: good parking plowed out before gate at base of belknap carriage road and more along side of road. piper mountain trail had packed...

date: 1/8/13 trails: winslow park road, winslow trail, barlow trail conditions: the road to the park off of kearsarge mountain road is not plowed in winter, but ample space is plowed out for car at the gate. the road was snowmobile packed up to the summer parking. winslow trail had packed...

date: 1/5/13 trails: york pond trail, kilkenny ridge trail conditions: watch for moose heading up the hill on 110 north of berlin. they must be salting heavily and drawing them to the roadside. we saw a total of 5 in one short stretch. york pond road was snow covered, but ok driving...

date: 1/4/13 trails: livermore trail, bushwhack conditions: some limited room to park was available across the road from the livermore trailhead adjacent to lily pond. the trailhead sign is gone and the start of the trail is now an active logging road. this road was plowed for a couple...

second this observation. it can also be problematic to follow the trail down into the trees in times of low visibility with the potential to get off course and into treacherous terrain. this is a trail that i find people often downplay the potential dangers and difficulties of in...

date: 12/31/13 trails: priscilla brook trail, bushwhack conditions: there was room to pull to the side and park right at the start of the priscilla brook trail (abandoned and unmarked) off of ingerson road. the trail is just east of a "one lane bridge" sign. snow cover varied, but was...

date: 12/30/13 trails: avalon trail, a-z trail, willey range trail, bushwhack conditions: nice new snow on all trails. avalon trail had seen previous hikers and was nicely broken out. same on a-z up to the col. we headed up willey range trail on a continued broken out track to somewhere...

date: 12/29/13 trails: jewell trail, gulfside trail, mt. jefferson loop trail conditions: plowed parking in the usual spot at the cog base. up to treeline the jewell trail was mostly just a light coating to a few inches of snow over rock and ground. not much ice of note. above treeline...

date: 12/28/13 trails: old rail grade, north twin trail, herd path, firewardens trail, lend a hand trail, bushwhack conditions: plenty of room to park at the end of little river road. pretty minimal snow base to start with occasional ice along the old grade and north twin trail. snow...

date: 12/27/13 trails: trailhead access road, success trail, mahoosuc trail, herd path, a.t. boundary swath conditions: success pond road was plowed to start and then had packed snow from previous vehicles. we were able to drive all the way to the trailhead access road with no problems in...

date: 12/25/13 trails: ridge trail, gunstock mountain trail, ski trails conditions: the start of the ridge trail on the access road was cleared down to dirt. then styrofoam/hard, crusty and icy snow up to the summit. more of the same solidified snow with ice heading towards gunstock...

date: 12/19/13 trails: driveway, field walk, herd path conditions: i parked at the height of land on teneriffe road in milton in a plowed up area right next the start of the driveway that heads south towards the summit of teneriffe mountain. there is a prominent red building a short...

date: 12/19/13 trails: chesley road, snowmobile trail, bushwhack conditions: good plowed parking at the start of chesley road near merrymeeting lake in new durham. chesley road is part of a snowmobile corridor, but looked to be only getting travel by snowshoes and skis at this point and...

date: 12/18/13 trails: access road, herd path conditions: parked off old mountain road in epsom in large plowed out area just up the road from the access road to the peak. the access road up the peak was once again plowed down after the most recent snowfall so had good footing all the way...

date: 12/17/13 trails: firewardens loop trail, various trails conditions: parking lot is well plowed. the right branch of the loop trail had been roughly broken out up to the firetower. from there all trails leaving looked to be pretty well packed out. i continued on the trail towards...

date: 12/17/13 trails: bushwhack, snowmobile/atv trails, roadwalk conditions: after driving though meaderboro road in farmington a couple of times scoping out possible start points i finally had a go at these local peaks. much of the property along both meaderboro and ten rod roads is...

date: 12/16/13 trails: access road, spur trail conditions: from 202 in epsom i followed black hall road turning left onto new rye road and left again onto swamp road. i drove swamp road for roughly 1.4 miles then turned left onto mountain view road for about .15 bearing right at a red...

i believe paugus is one of those canisters that regularly gets removed. when i was there last year someone had put up a water bottle to act as a jar. i also poked around for a while to find the highpoint. i was sure i had found it and knowing past canisters often disappeared was going to head...

date: 12/11/13 trails: spencer smith trail conditions: the spencer smith trail is located off the west side of 126 about 2.5 miles north of the junction of 126 and 202a in strafford. parking had been plowed after recent snow. the trail is in nice shape with up to a couple inches of snow...

date: 12/10/13 trails: gordon pond trail, bushwhack, kinsman ridge trail conditions: there are good directions for this unmarked trailhead in the white mountain guide. the hike starts up a private drive off 112 1.7 miles west from the junction of 112 and 3 in lincoln. just west and across...