Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mizpah Spring Hut, NH |
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| Trails: |
Dry River Trail, Mt. Clinton Trail, Mt. Eisenhower Trail, Dry River Cutoff, Mizpah Cutoff, Crawford Path |
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| Date of Hike: |
Saturday, September 24, 2016 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
At 8 am, there were still plenty of spaces in the Crawford Path lot and along 302 near the Dry River trailhead. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Our three crossings of Dry River were rock-hops of slight difficulty. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
My hat is off to the prior hikers who've completed the Mt. Clinton Trail post-Irene, but I gather your chances of following it all the way are better N-S than in our direction. We changed our plans after wasting 25 minutes searching when the faint Trail vanished not long before the first crossing, at about .4 mile. The other Trails were fine. |
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| Bugs: |
Just a few. |
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| Comments: |
The croo chief at Mizpah Hut said that the Mt. Clinton Trail is the only Trail with serious Irene damage that the AMC/USFS has not decided to close that has not yet received significant attention. In her view, the Trail should be considered a bushwhack until the AMC trail crew gets to it.
I love the Dry River Wilderness. On a long and beautiful Fall Saturday, we met no one until we approached the Hut. |
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| Name: |
Amicus |
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| E-Mail: |
mcsamicus@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-09-25 |
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| Link: |
https://amicus.smugmug.com/Hiking/2016/Dry-River-Wilderness-September/ |
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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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