| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Little Sugarloaf, Goose Pond, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Elwell Trail, Goose Pond Snowmobile Trail (Orange Trail) |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, March 31, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking for a few cars in the cleared area at the entrance to Wellington State Park, opposite the trailhead about 20 yards down the road. Trailhead parking area itself is covered with a few inches of hardpack, and blocked by a two-foot tall granular berm. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable) |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Not an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails are in decent shape -- a few small stepover blowdowns that can easily be removed with a handsaw |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Yes -- ticks -- seriously. Just one, but it makes sense given some areas of the trail that are now quite warm, sunny, and full of dry leaves. |
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 | Comments: |
We've been on this route a few times now in the past couple of weeks, and the snow melt has been pretty dramatic. We brought light traction but never really needed it on the half of the trail that has any ice/snow on it, as there's plenty of slushy snow on the side of the trail to use for secure footing. Other sections of the trail are mostly clear and dry, including the ledges near/around the summit -- they're 99 percent snow/ice-free.
Give this route a week or two, and it should be mostly melted out.
On one section of the Orange Trail near Goose Pond, it appears that a snowmobile lost quite a bit of transmission fluid -- there's a 30-square-foot area of pink all over the trail, atop a thin layer of ice that is angled toward the pond. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-03-31 |
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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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