Mount Kearsarge North

Trail: Kearsarge North Trail

Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular

“Great morning for this hike, with deep blue sky overhead, no wind, and moderating temperatures. Half way up we could see the incoming cloudiness far in the western sky. We encountered just one other person the whole trip; as we were having lunch atop the tower, a trail runner came up. We followed the narrow but very well packed path up the whole way, with just spikes on our boots. In the low dense woods, there were places where the snow cover was fairly thin. The snow tonight will help, but traffic after that ought to be with snowshoes initially.”

Trail: Kearsarge North Trail

Conditions: Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts

“First tracks since the storm, trail is loosely broken with my one set of snowshoe tracks there and back again. Might have been some traffic yesterday morning but it was hard to tell, I broke out 8-15” trough and deeper up high…You’re gonna want snowshoes for the next while. Thin cover over the rocks ~3/4 mile in up to the ledges, so watch out for those to trip you up.. believe it or not, this trail really needs more snow to get fun.”

Trail: Kearsarge North Trail

Conditions: Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular

“Microspikes were a must! Lots of ice covered in a dusting of snow on the bottom 2/3 of the trail, deeper snow near the summit.”