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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Millsfield Mountain, Dummer Pond Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Road walk, power line swath, bushwhack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, March 10, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Dummer Ponds Rd - at Brookfield facility, and at mile 4 turn off 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes:  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: From the Brookfield facility we walked down the road a few minutes to the power lines. We then followed the power lines up to
the ridge top to the wind farm service road. Followed that approx 2 miles to Millsfield peak, or now known as tower 26. Eerie
feeling up there with those white, giant wind mills as seen against a milky white sky. Views to the Mahoosucs and Presidentials
significantly decreased due to high cloud cover.
Power lines slope faces south with resulting range of surface conditions: hard surface, running water, exposed ledges, dirt and grass.
Service road - hard packed with 1' snow in a few spots.
Once back to the car, we drove down the road to a turn off at approx mile 4. From here we bw through young, whippy hardwoods to the
obvious high point of Dummer Ponds Mt. situated in nice, open woods.
We carried low flotation snowshoes all day, but always booted with microspikes.
 
Name
Name: campsite 
E-Mail
E-Mail: campsite50@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-03-13 
Link
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