Hello, We are supposed to get another 5-8 inches of snow Friday night. That means you will be breaking trail on Mt Major in Alton unless you wait till later on Sunday. You may need snow shoes. I haven't ridden at Ramblin Vewe in Meredith but the trails would be powdery fun. You might want to look at Ahern State Park in Laconia as well, there are lots of riding trails there.

Oh hey sorry, I should have specified dates since "next" weekend is ambiguous. We will be up there March 10-12.

Impossible to say that you WON'T need snowshoes, I would just plan on having snowshoes and microspikes for Mt. Major, and leave snowshoes in the car depending on conditions.

Yeah you're right, sounds like a good plan

For #1 bring everything, snowshoes, micro spikes, glove warmers, etc. We recently had an experienced hiker pass away climbing mountains due to being under prepared. Winter hiking in New Hampshire is not something to screw around with.

You know the saying: "When in New England if you don't like the weather, wait a minute, it'll change." It may not look like snow now, but that could change. GFS Model shows below freezing that weekend.

Edit: Since OP doesn't actually want any advice, and will personally attack you if you try, I will no longer be responding to them, I encourage you all to do the same.

Glove warmers!? I appreciate your concern, but last weekend I hiked the highest mountain in the Adirondacks (plus two others), below zero the whole day, with a wind chill at the summits something like -30. I think I'll be okay below freezing for two miles, that's like light jacket weather.

Of course I'll watch for new snow, but generally stuff fully melts between storms around there, right?

Do you want advice or to hear what you want to hear?

...you know I'm asking about the 1,700 ft hill called Mount Major, right?

If you think that's equivalent to one of the Franconia Range, then you're not the type of person I'm looking for advice from.

Mount Major isn’t exactly like hiking in the Whites. It is low elevation, far below treeline, and a fairly short hike. I honestly wouldn’t consider it much more risky than any walk in the NH woods, though the top can get a bit exposed. Unless the weather is truly atrocious, I would think that anyone with the right equipment, ie winter clothes, micro spikes, would have no real difficulty summiting.

Listen pal, I wear shorts in sub freezing weather, but that's also irrelevant. You came here for advice, I gave you advice. Don't be an arrogant jerk.

>I would think that anyone with the right equipment, ie winter clothes, micro spikes, would have no real difficulty summiting.

Which is exactly why I suggested what I did. It'll probably be a piece of cake, but that doesn't mean you go under prepared.

It's also March. Very much still winter in NH

You gave irrelevant advice that I didn't ask for...from my perspective you mansplaining light hiking to me seems awfully arrogant too.

Oh gee whiz thanks, I didn't know how to read a calendar, I thought it was going to be summer

You won't be mountain biking unless you have a fat bike. We have a couple of storms going on in the next few days and local riders will have to snowshoe the trails for bikes, but they likely won't be firm enough for skinny tires. And if they were... They'd be ice ribbons where you'd need studs.

That being said, there is a network of trails near wolfboro, but I don't know the local fat bike scene and if they get packed out. There's a bike shop in town that night be able to steer you.

>We have a couple of storms going on in the next few days

Is that snow unlikely to melt in the following week of sun and ~40°?

Yes. It'll still be here. Plus the trails have been packed down all winter... Which means they are likely dense packed snow and ice that'll be there until may.

Our trails are in the woods and aren't in direct sun. Then we have our mud season. Then mtb carefree in about June.

Gotcha, that snowpack is just what I was wondering about. Thanks!

You should bring glove warmers.

Like the oxide heating packs? Why? It's going to be so warm.

If there isn't snow next week you should be fine with spikes. The views will be beautiful.

We can expect snow on the trails regardless, right? Like there's snowpack all winter, just a matter of how fluffy it is based on how recently there's been more accumulation?

Absolutely, packed snow and there might be some areas of ice where there's a lot of sun exposure or running water over the trail

Got it. Thank you!

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