| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Baldpate Mountain - West Peak, Baldpate Mountain - East Peak, Long Mountain, Puzzle Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Grafton Loop Trail, bushwhacks, Woodsum Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, October 10, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We had cars at the north and south junctions for Grafton loop. Fee at AT parking. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Some blowdown on the non-AT part of the loop. The trail is well marked and well built. New logging is obscuring the trail slightly on the north slope of Puzzle. Logging was occurring while we were hiking. |
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 | Comments: |
This was a two day travers of the Eastern side of the Grafton Loop, a trail I had been wanting to hike for a long time.
I went to each campsite, finding that Knoll is no longer marked or maintained. We bushwhacked the highpoint on Long, not finding anything to recognize it. We also bushwhacked the highpoint of Puzzle and found it to be recognized. The woodsum spur gets you a little closer to the highpoint than the GLT does. We did get some snow showers early this morning.
This was an amazing backpack with some fine views and nice woods. Thank you Fiona for a good one. |
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 | Name: |
zporterColdRiverCampCook |
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 | E-Mail: |
zap88@tds.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-10-10 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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