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300–1,500 ft · NH🚗 Directions
Upper Connecticut River Valley along the NH-VT border — Hanover, Lebanon, Lyme, and the Mascoma River drainage. Mixed northern hardwood (sugar maple, beech, yellow birch) and conifer (white pine, hemlock) on glaciated terrain with productive river-bottom hardwood soils. Closes the gap between the White Mountains and the Lakes Region. Yellow morel in disturbed-elm flats and old apple orchards (mid-May); chanterelles, black trumpets, lobster mushroom in summer; chicken-of-the-woods, hen-of-the-woods, and lion's mane on hardwoods through fall.
Updated May 29, 4:24 AM MT
**Connecticut River Valley – Tier A, Late May Peak** You're in prime morel territory right now: soil's at threshold, moisture is locked in at 0.24 VWC average over 7 days, and True Morels have met all their fruiting conditions. Red-Belted Conks are also live. The bulk of the moderate list (Wine Caps, Dryad's Saddle, Witch's Butter, the maze polypores) are still in mycelial wake-up mode—only 4 of the last 7 days above soil temp threshold—so you won't see bulk fruiting for another 3–5 days, but they're priming. The limiting factor is desiccation risk: soil moisture is solid *now*, but this valley can dry fast once daytime temps climb. Watch the next 48–72 hours—if we get another 0.3"+ rain, secondary species will explode. If it stays dry, morels are your window and it closes quick. **Hot tip:** Hunt north-facing slopes and low-lying seeps today for morels; switch to disturbed ground and mulched areas in 3 days when Wine Caps start pinning—they fruit later but harder than morels in this region.
Generated by Claude (Anthropic) from the structured weather, soil, and phenology data on this page. The LLM can misread edge cases — treat this as a starting hypothesis, not a guarantee. Always verify conditions on the ground before committing to a long drive.
Precip 7d
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1.08"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Precip 14d
Observed precipitation from PRISM 4km gridded analysis, sampled at the region centroid through 2026-05-27. Used when no SNOTEL/SCAN station is mapped to this region.3.07"
PRISM 4km · thru 05-27
Soil Temp
56°F
SWE
Snow Water Equivalent — how much water is in the snowpack vs. normal. Declining SWE means snowmelt is adding moisture to the soil.0%
Drought
None
Snowmelt
complete
All conditions met (soil 56°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil temp marginal (56°F vs 58°F min, 3/7 days above), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
All conditions met (soil 56°F, sustained 7/7 days above threshold, today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained)
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
soil warming up (56°F today, only 4/7 days above threshold — mycelium activating, primordia not yet established), today 0.19 VWC, 7d avg 0.24 — moisture sustained
Primordia readiness: Cold = mycelium dormant. Activating = soil warming, primordia building. Primed = 5+ sustained warm days at species threshold; fruiting imminent if moisture cooperates. Based on Schmidt 1983 / Mihail 2007.