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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Old Speck Mountain, ME
Trails
Trails: Old Speck Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plowed for quite a few cars. No other cars in the lot when I started and 3 others when I returned.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All were solidly bridged 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few blowdowns where the packed trail went around them. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Awesome conditions for pups but alas, there were none today. 
Bugs
Bugs: All in Hell. Still. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Found a perfectly sealed beef jerky stick on the side of the trail before the second water crossing. I ate it. Sorry. 
 
Comments
Comments: The trail is in near perfect condition other than a few frozen postholes. Solid, hard packed and wicked fast. There was a small amount of drifting up high but nothing that required snowshoes. The upcoming storm Thursday to Friday will change the conditions and warrant snowshoes but there is a great base now so things should shaped up nicely.  
Name
Name: Frankenfoot 
E-Mail
E-Mail: ukisukinaminanu@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2023-02-22 
Link
Link: https:// 
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