| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Brown Ash Swamp Mountain - South Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
FR 212, old skidder roads, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, May 2, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the entrance to FR212 without blocking the gate off Route 175. When we returned to the car the landowner on the North of the road came to speak with us thinking we were Forest Service personnel, she said that FR 212 was private property and that the Forest Service only uses it to do logging projects and that we could gain access to the forest by driving to the end of Waterthorn Road (a little South on Route 175) and walking the powerline. The gate had a new Forest Service sign prohibiting motorized vehicles but no mention of foot traffic prohibition. After a friendly discussion I told her I'd get clarification from the Campton Headquarters about Forest Service Roads and left it at that. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Able to step over everything that we encountered. |
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 | Comments: |
I selected using FR 212 for entry to Brown Ash Swamp-South Peak knowing that it would be longer but I had just been to BAS Mountain on Feb 15, 2020 using Johnson Brook Road and I really didn't want to go over that peak again so soon and the approach from the South seemed like a poor choice based on previous reports involving the landowner. We walked on FR 212 passing an old beaver dam and pond continuing until it became a herd path but still recognizable. When we were due West of the peak we began the whack. According to the maps this brought us onto National Forest land. The whack was in mostly open woods and the climb never became very steep as we stayed north of the main ridge. We ran into several old skidder roads and used these as long as they were heading in our direction. We hit the south western part of the ridge and could see below to Wanosha Road. Following the ridge at mostly the same elevation we came to the recognized summit and easily found the jar. Our return was a little more northerly and this was in the same open woods. At the point we crossed the skidder road, we followed this nearly all the way back to the FR 212 herd path we used going in. |
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 | Name: |
FranM |
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 | E-Mail: |
maineri@metrocast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-05-02 |
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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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