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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Crows Nest, Mt. Cabot (Shelburne), NH
Trails
Trails: White Trail, Wiggin Trail, Blue Trail, Judson Pond Trail, Red Trail, Yellow-Red Connector, Yellow Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Unsigned roadside off North Road. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Leaves - Significant/Slippery 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None of significance. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: We took out all blowdowns we encountered. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: No snow or ice encountered on any of these trails.

The White Trail no longer ends at so-so view. Rather, it continues past this view, loops to another quasi-view, then over the cairned summit, and back to the original trail just a little bit before the so-so view. Footbed on the new loop is not too well established, but it was well blazed (I recollect white).

Blue Trail up Cabot was leafy in blazes, making it slippery. Bumps into a clearcut briefly, but not issues with following the trail. Nice views from the view loop just below the summit.

Judson Pond Spur was a little tricky to follow, as the footbed isn't well established and the blazes appear to vary with the actual trail (and lead you into mud). Higher up, it crosses a recent logging road.

Doubling back up Cabot, we descended the Red Trail, which was also slippery from the deep leaves. We took a right onto the Yellow-Red Connector (not on the maps as of a few years ago), then took the Yellow Trail over to the Scudder junction, then doubled back on the Yellow, took a brief detour up Red, then down past the cottages. Smooth sailing on those gradual lower trails.

Only saw two other hikers the entire morning. Sunny to start, but increasing clouds made it a little chilly by lunch time.  
Name
Name: rocket21, bria, nordic_gal 
E-Mail
E-Mail: rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2020-11-22 
Link
Link: https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos 
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