| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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None, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Landing Camp Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, September 3, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Room for two cars 40 yards north of trailhead. I drove the entirety of Bog Dam Road staring from the Fish Hatchery side just to check it out. Was ble to cruise at decent speed entire way as the road is in great shape. There was one large birch covering half the road on the hatchery side, but was able to squeeze past it easily while staying on the road. This road can be driven easily with a low clearance vehicle (sedan). Lot of cars on the east branch-looked like several people out hunting black bears with bear dogs. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Significant |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The water was low and the crossing were easy |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
what maintenance?! As expected by reading the guidebook and previous trip reports, this trail doesn't receive ANY maintenance it appears. Lots of blowdowns and the undergrowth is quite "luxurious". I would recommend hiking this late fall when the vegetation dies down a bit and the cooler weather mandates long pants. I was wearing hiking/running shorts and it looks like my legs got into a fight with a herd of tiny cats. Lots of blood was flowing. Probably didn't help that I was jogging a bunch. It was not nearly as muddy as expected thanks to a dry season, but I still managed to slip off a log in the muddiest section and had a trail runner sucked off my foot under some deep mud. Fun stuff! The herd path at the end to the field/river is even more overgrown than the trail. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
This was our third out/back hike of the day and I don't think Fin appreciated all the blowdowns and face slapping vegetation. Pretty flat and plenty of water, but requires a lot of tall jumping over blowdowns with sharp broken branches. it is black bear hunting season and lots of hunters in the immediate area, so if you have a black dog like me, make sure they have on their safety orange!!! |
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 | Bugs: |
none-if ticks were around this trail would be a nightmare. You are in the tall thick stuff most of the hike |
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 | Comments: |
After out and backing York Pond Trail and Mill Brook Trail we set our sights on Landing Camp. What a way to end the day. Real rough hike through all the vegetation and blowdowns. The trail was easy to follow except for one tricky part about halfway through. You enter a tiny flat area with a wooden post and a game camera on a tree. At this point you clearly cross a small stream where you duck under some small tree branches. You then pop into a large overgrown meadow with no clear trail. At this point you want to look left (10-11 o'clock) and on other side of meadow there is some flagging tape on a small tree just above the undergrowth. The tape is faded yellow, which makes it blend in a bit with all the vegetation. There are two more flagging tape pieces on trees beyond this one and then you pick up the single track again easily. I missed the flagging tape on my way out and bushwhacked straight/right through the field. At that point I checked Gaia and it pointed me straight left where I found the trail after a minute or two. The river at the end is not your typical rocky, clear White Mountain river. It is low, slow, and muddy with undercut banks making it hard to access. We found a game trail and got down to the edge so Fin could swim, but I took one step in and my foot sunk a foot into mud so I declined a dip. Fun day of redline adventures up north! Saw one hiker all day on the York Pond trail |
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 | Name: |
Spence, Fin |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-09-03 |
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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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