Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Young Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Flat Mountain Pond Trail, bushwhack, unnamed trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, June 20, 2025 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Significant |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Champ and Tucker and making some serious progress on their NH500 |
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 | Comments: |
Second hike of the day, after Flat Mt South. We started up an old skidder rd maybe 100 yards up Flat Mt Pond Trail. I was excited to see the occasional red blaze, thinking I might be on the red blaze trail others have written about, but the road quickly proved to be too wet/prickly/slashy to be helpful. So we ended up on the woods, roughly trying to follow the boundary. We stumbled upon a stone wall, which in hindsight seems to mark the east-west portion of the boundary around 1500 feet. We ended up following the boundary further south, which is really well blazed/flagged, over the NW ridge, then whacking up the ridge until we found the red laze trail, which we followed to the summit.
Descending, we stuck to the red blaze trail which goes down some pretty steep stuff slight north of the NW ridge. Still, trail was helpful, albeit a bit tricky to follow in places. Turns out the trail leads right to the 90 degree corner of the boundary around 1500 feet. So if you're trying to find this trail ascending, head to the boundary 90 degree corner and head ESE (don't follow the better flagged boundary south). We stuck to the woods after the red blaze trail hit a unhelpful skidder road, but overall much easier than the route up.
Took about an hour up and 30 mins down.
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 | Name: |
Big Al Dente |
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 | E-Mail: |
bigaldente@gmail.com |
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 | Date Submitted: |
2025-06-21 |
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 | Link: |
https:// |
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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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