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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Slide Peak, North Isolation, NH
Trails
Trails: Glen Boulder Trail, Davis Path, bushwhack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, July 24, 2021
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Arrived at 6:20 am and was about the 4th car there. Lot full and cars parked out to Rt. 16 when I left at 2:30 pm 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All easily crossed 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: There is a walkaround blowdown about .4 miles up the Glen Boulder trail. Other than that the trail is in good shape to Glen Boulder. The section from Glen Boulder to Davis Path is in urgent need of brushing since the spruce and balsa pine have grown in a lot.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: Surprisingly none all day. Was in the 50's when I left. A good breeze above tree line to Davis Path.  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Lost safety glasses on the Davis Path but recovered them on the return trip. Someone kindly placed them on a cairn. 
 
Comments
Comments: Got an early start for a hike to this 4.293 foot mountain. Weather-wise a spectacular day with clear skies and little wind. The true summit is off the trail about 90 feet. I had two waypoints for the true summit – one from the latest Forest Service Map and the other from Caltopo – which were 50 feet apart. The bushwhack to the summit was relatively easy. When travelling south on the Davis Path I found it best to continue a short ways beyond the summit waypoints where it was easy to enter the woods heading west and then north to a small but obvious rise and the summit. The Forest Service map had a more accurate summit “X”. I hiked back the way I had come. Total actual hike distance: 8.8 miles rt. Total time hiking: 6:52. Vertical ascent: 4,365 ft., descent: 4263 ft.. Maximum slope: 31 degrees. Maximum altitude reached: 5,155 ft. (a total of 1724 additional feet of climbing is required to reach North Isolation via this route)  
Name
Name: Dexhiker 
E-Mail
E-Mail: dexpcdoc@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2021-07-25 
Link
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