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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Black Mountain, Wheeler Mountain, Bear Mountain - East Peak, ME
Trails
Trails: Ski trails, bushwhacks
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parked at the guest parking at Jordan Hotel 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Starting from the Jordan Grand Hotel, I cut across a lawn, meeting Lollapalooza, the west most ski trail at the resort. The trail was mainly dirt/rock and is marked with hiker icon signs. I followed it all the way up to the top of the Jordan Bowl lift, at which point I jumped onto Kansas (ski trail) for a very short distance until I met another lift. I ascended this liftline on rock slabs to the top of Oz (possibly not an official name, but a resort name), the north sub peak of Black.

From Oz, I bushwhacked to Black, starting in thick woods that really did not get any better, all the way to the recognized highpoint of Black. From Black, I headed towards Wheeler, starting in thick woods, which opened up at the col. From the recognized highpoint on wheeler, I took a bearing on the black/bear-east col. I was able to avoid most reclimbing by shooting for the col and I found decent woods until I was on the ridge to bear-east. Things got thick again going up bear-east. It took me a fair amount of searching to find the recognized highpoint. For the return I aimed to hit the ski trail near the shoulder of Jordan Mtn. This return route treated me well and again avoided a reclimb of Black.

I found some thick going on these routes, but overall, these were fairly quick trailess peaks to reach. The ski trails offered some fine views of the Mahoosucs and ME mountains.
 
Name
Name: zporterColdRiverCampCook 
E-Mail
E-Mail: zap88@tds.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2015-08-04 
Link
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