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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Stairs Mountain - East Peak, NH
Trails
Trails: Jericho Road, Rocky Branch Trail, Stairs Col Trail, bushwhack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Note: Jerico Road is closed part way up... locked gate about 2 miles shy of the trail head, forcing an unanticipated road walk. When I walked up, there was major construction / bridge building up at the trailhead. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: small, rock hoppable 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: trail largely in good shape; a couple of small brushy blowdowns that could be moved with two people... or if I had carried a hand saw. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Too hot a day to bring Skipper, though I noted that there were trickles of water along the trail almost all the way up to the junction with the Davis Path.  
Bugs
Bugs: deer flies and skeeters... worse down low along the Rocky Branch Trail.... not so bad as I climbed the Stairs Col Trail 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Took advantage of the "amenities" at Rocky Branch shelter #1. Washed up at the river on my way out. Just a lovely spot.  
Name
Name: Damselfly 
E-Mail
E-Mail: btzimr at gmail dot com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2014-07-24 
Link
Link: https:// 
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