| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Shatney Mountain - North Peak, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bushwhack, skidder road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, July 8, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
I parked just N of W of the peak along Moose Pond Rd about 1/2mi from the roads jct with Indian Stream Rd. There was a pit that also seems to serve as a shooting range and room to park my car here. Moose Pond Rd may be rough for low clearance cars but otherwise should be fine. Other roads to get to this point should be fine for any vehicle. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
I wouldn’t recommend it due to the steep, scrambly nature of the peak. |
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 | Bugs: |
Now that it had rained, more mosquitos and black flies came out. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Day 250, Peak 244. 3rd of the day after Trestle Brook/Deer West and Jobbers North. I’d planned on getting Monument 493/Greeley Brook and Dube Brook while I was up there but it started pouring after I finished Jobbers North.
From my car, I walked back to the pit, then scrambled up along the right hand side of it into the woods. I soon got pulled too far south by a skidder road I was on. By the time I realized I was getting pulled closer to the cliff bands and off-bearing I was at the base of some steep, scrambly stuff. I chose to just scramble up it though I certainly wouldn’t descend this way or recommend it to someone else. It was a bit deceiving as Gaia makes it look like there’s this minor ridge around 1600ft east of the peak but it was cliffy at least in one part. Once I got up this steep scramble, I walked, a little less steeply, into the flat area at the base of the steeps east of the peak at about 1650ft. From here, I took my best line to try and above cliffs and rocks and headed NW very steeply, using trees and such to pull myself up. Though very steep and a bit scrambly, not nearly as scrambly/fear factor-y as my earlier scramble. Surprising since this looks like a cliff band on Gaia and it doesn’t look steep where I was earlier. Anyhow, I eventually make it on to the summit ridge and find the register just west of the highest contour shown on Gaia. Not hard to find.
To descend, I headed more north off the summit to avoid the very steep stuff and cliff bands to the east, but, because I wanted to cut east shortly, I fell steeply into a little ravine just east of the northern ridge. I stayed in this for about 0.1mi north of the summit, before naturally turning east with the grade and roughly following a drainage back to my car. My descent was certainly very steep but wasn’t very scrambly and was safer than my ascent line. I imagine this is how lost folk do it.
Vegetation dried out quickly after the downpour shortly before I started this hike and I surprisingly didn’t really get wet! The woods were mostly open other than on the steep ascent of the eastern cliff band where they were a bit scrappy. Some overgrown stuff on my way down north, then east but not too had. Interesting to see false hellebore dying on a steep slope presumably because we haven’t gotten enough water. The hike was about 1mi with 550ft of gain, taking me 1.25hrs to complete. 115 more days and 121 more peaks to go… |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-07-09 |
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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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