| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Old Speck Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Old Speck Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
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 | 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. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All were solidly bridged |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns where the packed trail went around them. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Awesome conditions for pups but alas, there were none today. |
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 | Bugs: |
All in Hell. Still. |
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 | 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. |
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 | 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. |
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 | Name: |
Frankenfoot |
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 | E-Mail: |
ukisukinaminanu@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-02-22 |
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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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