| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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None, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Welch-Dickey Loop Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, August 24, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lower parking area was still empty at 2pm, only car left at 10pm |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Easy rock hop at start |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Removed the widow maker mentioned in LG's recent report (thanks!) |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Sprayed with deet40 once, due to mosquitoes near the brook |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
Removing that one blowdown turned into a lot more work than I expected. I initially trimmed the crown back, so the huge hanging part swung neatly off the trail. Unfortunately, it was then easy to push this huge hanging part back and forth like a pendulum.. I didn't want to leave it like that. It would have been a very dangerous kid magnet.
So I ended up chopping the whole tree down, and then chopping thru that same 18" girth another 5 times, in order to clear it off the trail.
Did I mentioned this involved a trip back to the car to get my new 2lb cruising ax, after getting totally drenched in a thunderstorm, and another trip back to the car to get my other ax after I snapped the handle off my new one? Sometimes you get the bear, and sometimes the bear gets you!! |
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 | Name: |
Steve Marion |
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 | E-Mail: |
swampfoxsteve@gmail |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-08-25 |
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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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