| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Pleasant Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Ledges Trail, Firewardens Trail, Bald Peak Trail, North Ridge Trail, Sue’s Way, Needle’s Eye Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, June 9, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We parked at Ledges Trail which was a mid-sized dirt lot with room for over a dozen cars I believe. I think the lot for Bald Peak Trail was similar. Note that I believe one or both were very easy to drive by. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easily rock hopable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There were a number of small blowdowns I believe, but mostly or all east stepovers or debris. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Some unit scrambling I suppose but most hiking dogs would probably be fine. |
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 | Bugs: |
I don’t recall but I imagine they were out and we used 25% DEET when it wasn’t raining. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
If my memory serves me correctly, trails were marked with a combination of occasional blaze and cairns, but mostly colored diamonds tacked to trees with white circles in them. The color of the diamonds and the blazes corresponded with the color of the trails shown on maps I think: dark blue for Ledges and Bald Peak Trail, red for Firewarden’s Trail, white for North Ridge Trail, and orange for Sue’s Way. I think all signage was in place.
I suppose it’s fitting that I got rained on two days in a row this weekend after such phenomenal weather the previous weekend. We ascended Ledges Trail, took Firewarden’s Trail to the summit, descended Bald Peak Trail, made a loop with North Ridge Trail and Sue’s away with an OAB on the steep 0.3mi section of Bald Peak Trail, then descended this trail the rest of the way down with an OAB on the Needle’s Eye Spur, then walked the road 1.5mi back to our car. It began sprinkling pretty much right when we started, got progressively harder much of the day but never too hard, then the sun came out when we were somewhere around the Needle’s Eye. We did not actually find the ledge on Ledges Trail that slick, though we found some slick stuff coming down off the summit and on our descent. No views from the summit but we got some at least partial views from ledges and various viewpoints. There was one part of Bald Peak Trail that reminded me of coming down off the east ridge of Burnt Meadow Mtn; very cool. I don’t think that the mud was more than you’d expect. We only saw a few others out. Gaia had us at 7.7mi, 2300ft of gain. |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney and Lil Young |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-06-14 |
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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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