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South Moat Albany, New Hampshire
- New Hampshire Atlas and Gazetteer
- Map 45 K9
- AMC Map
- New Map 3 Crawford Notch-Sandwich Range I10
- Old Map 4 Chocorua-Waterville I10
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- To Get There:
- Take 113 to Conway, NH. In Conway, turn onto Washington Street.
- Turn left onto West Side Road.
- Turn left onto Rt 101.
- Turn left onto Passaconaway Road.
- Moat Mountain Trail will be marked and easily seen from the road before Dugway Picnic area.
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- Contact:
- Saco Ranger District
- RFD 1
- Box 94
- Conway, NH 03818
- (603) 447-5448
- TDD (603) 447-1989
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- References
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- Description
- The summit of South Moat (2770ft.) is 2.3 miles (2 hr. 15 min.) from Dugway Road.
- Parking is at the end of a dirt road next to a house. The people at the house had several dogs
that barked a lot but did not come out of their yard.
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- We chose to snowshoe this trail and found it to be a pleasant hike of moderate difficulty.
About halfway up we abandoned our snowshoes because there wasn't much snow. There
was just enough to see the tracks of turkeys and small animals. But we soon learned
that crampons or stablicers (studded soles that strap over your boots) were in order.
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- Near the ridge, we were forced to go off the trail often to maintain our footing.
The exposed rock face was covered in 4 inches of ice. The thin layer of snow hid
ice patches and rocks that made for treacherous footing.
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- Criss-crossing the rock face was risky without ice gear.
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- We did summit South Moat and stayed for a snack before retreating from the exposed
summit for the protection of the trees.
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- We saw a beautiful sunset over Mt Osceola and scared a bunch of turkeys off their roost on
the way out. There is nothing quite like hearing a flock of plump gobblers taking flight in the
crisp winters dusk.
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