| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Jasper, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Cates Hill Trail, Mt. Jasper Trail, herd path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We parked at a gravel pullout by the ATV Trail and trail dedication. Room for a few cars and more if parked perpendicular you the road. Not a busy trail though. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None, just some large puddles to avoid. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The trail is blazed in yellow. Usually pretty often when it’s in the woods but then not so much as it follows the snowmobile trails. Watch for the turn off the snowmobile trail at a cairn. The trail is a bit obscure at its very beginning due to all the leaves being down and a blowdown that’s a bit awkward and will hopefully get removed (duck/squat under or maybe a straddle right you’re real tall). Note that where the trail dedication is, actually seems to be an ATV Trail and the true trail starts to the left of it in the woods. I think that was the only blowdown. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None seen but would be a fine trail for dogs. Just maybe watch out for ATVs and/or snowmibiles. |
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 | Bugs: |
We saw a monarch butterfly! I can speak from experience having done this trail last summer that the mosquitos were horrendous in this area. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
There’s some small litter on the trail from ATVs/snowmobiles. |
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 | Comments: |
Cates Hill Trail, Mt Jasper Trail, herd path to rhyolite mines
A nice evening “charity†hike with a friend who’s redlining. Park at a pullout on Cates Hill Rd. The guidebook doesn’t describe where th trailhead is but it’s shown on Gaia and is just a tenth of two of a mile south of Farley rd. The true trail doesn’t start on the road behind the gate which is always super wet and muddy. Rather, walk left (south) along the road a few dozen feet maybe and the trail starts in the woods along some bog bridges. You’ll see yellow blaze but it’s a bit obscure for that brief section. Still some mud but not nearly as bad as the ATV/snowmobile rd. The path soon joins and follows it though. It comes to some intersections with other roads which aren’t signed. Just stay straight until you’re lost of the way to Jasper and the trail turns right off the road and into the woods on a footpath. A bit later the trail ends in Mt Jasper Trail and you follow that to the summit.
Great views down to my new town down below :) Third time to summit this little peak and I love it... there’s just something special about it â¤ï¸ We continued down the ledges to the herd path that leads to the rhyolite mines. The path is steep and rough but pretty short and nothing crazy. It’s occasionally marked by orange blazes. It may have gone further than we went. It wasn’t hard to follow. |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-10-21 |
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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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