| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mousley Mountain, Stonehouse Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Woods road, bushwhack, snowmobile trails |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
From route 25A in Orfordville we took Quinttown Rd, left onto Mousley Brook Rd and followed it to the small parking lot end before the gated no vehicles going straight and another gate (the start of our hike) forking right heading into the woods. This parking spot is also for the Daniel Doan Trailhead to Smarts Mountain. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
no issues |
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 | Comments: |
We decided not to wear or bring snowshoes due to the snow being very hard and supportive. Plus, the fact that I’m ready to give the up for the season. From our parking location we crossed the woods gate heading southwest, crossed a smowmo trail and picked up an old wood heading to the summit of Mousley Mountain. Soon enough this woods road petered out but as faith has we picked up another.
At his point it was all nice open hard woods, moderate grades while Mary was able to walk on top of the hard-crusted snow I would punch through every now and then. Just below the summit the woods changes to spruce and the like, got a little thicker, steeper and the snow got a little softer as began to punch through more often and soon enough we hit the recognized high point. After signing in we headed northwest dropping to the col between us and Stonehouse Mountain. After going through a short distance of tighter spruce the woods opened up nice as we hit the col.
Our accent to Stonehouse started out somewhat steep with lots of blowdown. Once through the blowdown although still steep the climb was easier not having to navigate the blowdowns. Soon enough things leveled off and we hit the signed summit of Stonehouse. We then returned to the col turned east dropping down drainage between these two peaks. This drainage soon turned into an old woods road that we followed, jumped on to another, then another, hit an open area turning west then east on yet another old woods road between Mason Pond to our west and a bump to our east and soon hit a smowmo trail followed that east for a bit that brought us back to that gate we started at.
Nice Hike with my beautiful bridge Mary clocking in 4 ½ miles and 1350 feet of elevation gain. +/-
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 | Name: |
Brian Bond |
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 | E-Mail: |
brianbond@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-03-08 |
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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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