| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Piermont Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Pvt. Richie Green Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, December 4, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We parked in front off, off the driveway (not blocking) the chained gate blocking off entrance to CAMP WALT WHITMAN. Thankfully the sign was there welcoming hikers. *We also got to speak with GEOFF A. who was at Camp upon our return. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING HIKERS TO THIS BEAUTFUL, PEACEFUL SPOT :-) *I had sent an email to the Camp about a week prior to our arrival, but had not received an email back - makes sense as they are closed for the season, so it was nice to chat briefly with Geoff who was very kind :-) |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Wet Trail, Ice - Breakable Crust, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
For the first 2 main (larger) water crossings, the water was high (as the area had received rain this past week and yesterday), so for each crossing, we needed to move south a little to find a more narrow crossing with 1) a downed birch tree laying partially across to balance on, and 2) better-spaced rocks to cross. *once we found these more narrow crossings, we held hands with the IRON MAN (1st grade) and made our way balancing across :-) beyond these two crossing - about mid-way through the hike on the ascent- the trail became essentially stream of running water which was too deep to walk in. This middle section was the only realy wet section for today's hike. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
See above regarding trail was actually an active, running stream. There were a few blowdowns (none seemed real new) that were easy to cross over. There is also two full-trees down, but also must be older since there was an established herd path (could tell with the flattened leaves) around the trees. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Though we did not have a dog hiking with us, I am not certain that I would feel comfortable having a dog hike with us on this route due to the two rooty/scrambles in the upper portion of the trail. We as HUMANS had no problem trekking up/down, just went about them VERY slowly. |
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 | Bugs: |
Ha Ha Bugs... see you next year ;-) |
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 | Lost and Found: |
one leather-looking BLACK GLOVE on the ground at the tree with the TRAIL ENTRANCE (for the Pvt. Richie Green Trail sign)- we left it there, as it seemed like the best place for it. |
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 | Comments: |
ABOVE, I checked off "Leaves- significant/slippery." However, the leave were only SIGNIFICANT but were not slippery, as they were FROZEN ;-) As for the ICE- there was very little, though it seemed to be UNDER the leaves in spots that really "counted" haha when we were in need of a good footing / landing on our descent ;-) *I had read that there were THREE memorial plaques; however, we were only able to find TWO along with the (under ice) summit/survey marker. Lovely hike today! |
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 | Name: |
GRACE MORGAN |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-12-04 |
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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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