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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Carrigain, Norcross Pond, Nancy Pond, NH
Trails
Trails: Signal Ridge Trail, Desolation Trail, Carrigain Notch Trail, Nancy Pond Trail, Sawyer River Road
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, October 18, 2014
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: parking lot at Nancy Pond Trailhead pretty full; Sawyer River Trailhead pretty full too.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Leaves - Significant/Slippery 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Took shoes off and waded for several crossings, but, it didn't matter because I slipped on a rock in the crossing near the intersection of the Desolation Trail and the Carrigain Notch Trail and fell in. Other crossings on Nancy Pond and bog bridges were slippery slides... slid there too.  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Major newer blowdown on backside of Carrigain (on the Desolation Tr) coming off the summit. Other places in the Wilderness had many of the usual stepovers.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: plenty of them - plus, lots of water :) 
Bugs
Bugs: one or two biting, plus, possibly a tick later in the car 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Was hoping the rain would hold off until mid-afternoon but it started well before noon just as I reached the summit.... downpours on and off the rest of the day. Did this as a bike spot - left my bike at the Nancy Pond Trailhead and biked back uphill to Signal Ridge Trailhead - the last 2 miles uphill were a little grueling - maybe would have been faster to run.

Jogged most of the flats until things were just too slippery down from Nancy Pond. Good views down into Carrigain Notch, as usual. Lots of people out and about!!!!  
Name
Name: Becca Munroe 
E-Mail
E-Mail: beccahiker@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2014-10-18 
Link
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