| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Bald Mountain, Artists Bluff, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Veterans Trail, Bald Mountain Spur, Loop Trail, Short Circuit Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
As described in the AMC Guide, there is a hikers' lot with spaces for about two dozen vehicles on the road in front of the closed ski area parking lot, on the far side of which the Veterans Trail begins. It was 80% full yesterday. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Fine, but it would be useful to have signs at the junctions of the Loop and Short Circuit Trails and of the Loop and Veterans Trails. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Tough scramble up rock slabs to the summit of Bald Mtn. |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
The AMC Guide 29th Ed. suggests that the Loop Trail is simply the Short Circuit Trail, renamed, but in fact they are distinct. The west end of the Loop Trail joins the Veterans Trail 40 yards or so from the latter's beginning at the north side of the ski area parking lot. The Short Circuit Trail begins in the woods at the east end of the hikers' lot, where there is a sign, bypasses the ski area lot and joins the Loop Trail nearly halfway to its east end, near Echo Lake. |
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 | Name: |
Amicus |
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 | E-Mail: |
mcsamicus@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-08-25 |
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 | Link: |
 https://amicus.smugmug.com/Hiking/2014/Boy-Mtn-Bald-MtnArtists-Bluff/ |
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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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