| 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, March 19, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
26 is bumpy, as the sign says, be sure to watch your dentures |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Easy rock hop on the smaller crossing and the larger one is still snow bridged. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail is in good shape. Few small blowdowns but nothing major. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Jackson had himself a fine day with his friends |
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 | Bugs: |
Nada |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nada |
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 | Comments: |
Fun day wrapping up the official winter season with The Old Mountaineer, Gerri, and J. A few wannabe local experts gave some condescending parking lot advice that there was no need for snowshoes, so we didn’t carry them, the last 1.5 would have been lovely snowshoeing but hey that’s on me (overcast morning so couldn’t see the snowy trees up high and the roads showed no evidence of the snow we woke up to in the Whites). Trail is solid and was fine in spikes, about 5 inches of fluffy powder up over 3000 feet.
Actually felt a little like winter today, go figure. |
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 | Name: |
mmace724 |
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 | E-Mail: |
Mikeymace at Hotmail |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-03-19 |
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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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