| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
West Tecumseh, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Mt. Tecumseh Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, November 9, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for several cars in the lot. Tripoli road will be closing soon for the winter. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The crossings were both fairly easy with some partially submerged boots. The second crossing has been rearranged by the storm and is now 3 smaller crossings with some new beaches. Both will be difficult in high water |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Spent the day doing the fall clean up and post storm inspection. We cleaned all the waterbars and removed about 15-20 blowdowns, some small many large. Noted some areas of additional erosion post storm. We also cleared the short spur path to the West Tecumseh summit viewpoint. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No issues for dogs |
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 | Bugs: |
Nope |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nothing |
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 | Comments: |
Felt like fall today with cooler temps. We had plenty of frozen ground today to deal with. Waterbars did their job for the most part with only a few that were jumped. Lots of storm damage to deal with. The storm runoff in the woods was impressive with water coming from places you wouldn't expect. Waterbars were frozen for the most part making digging them out a bit challenging. We did our best to clean and dig them. Plenty of blowdown removal to do today as well. A few trees stabbed into the ground about a foot deep! We only made it as far as West Tecumseh as the amount of work ate up a lot of time. I will go back and finish off the section between the peaks. We were told that there are many more blowdowns to clean up in that stretch. No traction needed today for our hike but it will be needed soon. |
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 | Name: |
Skidder |
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 | E-Mail: |
stephen.kidder@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-11-09 |
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 | Link: |
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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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