| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Dustan, NH |
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Bushwhack, herd paths, old logging roads |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, October 14, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Head route 16 north take a left onto New Greenough Pond Road. Follow roughly 4 ½ miles and take a right (if you hit a 4-way interception of swift diamond road you’ve goon too far) onto unnamed road. Follow about 1 ¼ miles and take a left. This older road starts to get over grown and you’ll need a higher clearance vehicle, continue for about ¾ of a mile. Turn left and follow for just over a mile to height of land just southwest of Mt Dustan. This last section was very overgrown.
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Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Comments: |
These peak is on the following list New Hampshire 300 Highest, NH 2000-Footer, NH Fire Tower and NH 100 Most Prominent. (I didn’t know there was a NH 100 Most Prominent list until I read it in the resister)
Mary and I started off bushwhacking southeast heading toward a cal between Mt Dustan summit a bump to the southwest. We hit nice woods soon picking over grown old logging routes and now a moose highway. This brought use right to the cal. We need turned northeast following the ridge. At first it was a little thick with conifers and soon we found a much-used herd path that brought us back to nice open woods as we followed the ridge to the recognized high point and signed in.
I’ve been nurturing a pulled calf muscle and of course I aggravated on the way. Our plan after this mountain was to car tent and hit another peak or two. That said with the pulled calf we canceled our next day’s adventure.
From the summit of Dustan, we followed the ridge line back to the cal finding what we think was a deer or small moose bone along the way. Once at the cal and knowing we were not going to be hike the next day decided to do a little exploring of that bump. Glad, we did as both Mary and I found moose antlers. We strapped them on our packs and headed back to the car with nice views along the way.
Another great adventure in the books!
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 | Name: |
Brian Bond |
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 | E-Mail: |
BrianBond@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-10-15 |
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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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