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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Old Kinsman Notch, NH
Trails
Trails: Reel Brook Trail, Kinsman Ridge Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: 2 cars in the upper lot, and 2 in the lower lot, when I arrived. That's like 3 more cars than I ever see at this trailhead. Main lot is still a "challenge" with rock clearance at the entrance. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All easy. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: buncha blowdowns. Drainages need cleaning, but the trail is in pretty good shape for the beginning of the season. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Went to the power-line crossing on the KRT. Ran into 2 guys doing a traverse from RBT to Mt Wolf and over the Kinsmans, a couple who overnighted at the Eliza Brook Shelter, and the KRT maintainer. Just about the busiest I've ever seen the RBT.  
Name
Name: jeff carter 
E-Mail
E-Mail: jeffc at apeirogon.org 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2015-05-16 
Link
Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10204000541189323.1073741856.1097030147&type=1&l=a706c791d7 
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