| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Monument 493 Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Logging roads, bushwhack, border swath |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Indian Stream Road for 18.5 miles, parking on the Left by a logging road that headed NW towards peak. Road easily driven in a high clearance car.
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Comments: |
Walk this logging Road, which heads NW. Within a few yards, ford the stream. 20’ wide and shin deep. We used the “plastic bags over our boots†which worked well.
Walk this gravel logging road 0.8 mile NW to a fork. We opted to go Right, northerly, as we believed the left logging road would be wet as it was closer to the drainage. This “Right†was still a gravel logging road, but became more grassy. Took this for another 0.8 mi. Until it petered out.
BW’d NW towards the border swarth. Mucky and wet in places after all the rain we’ve had. About 0.5 mile of bushwhacking to swarth.
Hiked swarth SW to Summit. High point seemed to be on the Canadian side :-)
6.1 mi. RT. Fun hike with JEM3.
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 | Name: |
Beth Z. |
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 | E-Mail: |
btzimr at gmail dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-10-30 |
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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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