| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Sandwich Dome, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bennett Street Trail, Algonquin Trail, Black Mountain Pond Trail, Guinea Pond Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
One car in lot at 8am, two at 330pm. Bennet Street is open to trailhead |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All minor and rock hoppable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Good conditions. Good amount of blazes especially for Sandwich Wilderness |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Two ticks crawled on me at Black Mountain Pond where I stopped for lunch. No mozzies or blackflies |
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 | Comments: |
Finally summitted Sandwich Dome, fourth attempt!
Rain, snow, circumstance have thwarted me prior.
Bennet St trail was a nice gradual climb, nothing too steep. Snow, freezing rain flurries off and on all day starting around 10am until 3pm. Never accumulated just fun to see. Snow alternating with blasts of sunshine made layering comfortably a challenge at times.
Patchy snow remains in the denser forest on Algonquin Trail. Upper steeps of Black Mountain Pond is totally ice free. Lost the trail on lower section of Black Mountain Pond in a running water, muddy area. Followed my path back to last seen blaze, and still couldn't tell where trail was supposed to go. Followed flowing water downhill keeping Beebe River to my right and eventually found trail further downhill.
Guinea Pond Trail was flat and clear.
Tons of moose dumps on upper Bennet St trail and Algonquin, but no beasts seen alas. |
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 | Name: |
jd |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-05-11 |
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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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