| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Ad Chase Brook Mountain, Ad Chase Brook Mountain - South Peak, NH |
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ATV trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The southern end of Roy Blvd was a 'no F'ing way', but the northern entrance via Sugar Shack Row was very manageable in mid-clearance, and only signed as 'no atvs'. I drove up this, past the point where it turns into Roy Blvd, and parked at the entrance to a well defined, but unmapped, logging road around 1425ft. A high clearance vehicle could probably make it up part of this logging road, but it's not worth it.
Hilltop Dr was posted at the jct with halls stream rd, which I considered as an approach for the northern peak.
Hall Stream Rd was in good shape. Some minor pot holes, but easy to maintain 30mph. I drove Hall Stream Rd for just over 6 miles to scout a westerly approach for Shatney NW, but alas at the 6 miles mark, you enter a farm and the continuation of the road is clearly signed 'no highway vehicles' |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Champ and Tucker did their usual thing |
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 | Comments: |
Hoping to find a better way to get these peaks than the seemingly always gated Ad Chase Rd, I set off to explore from the west / hall stream rd. I had spotted an unmapped logging/atv trail from Roy Blvd that looked perfect for accessing the southern peak, and it was everything I had hoped for! The logging road was a little grassy/overgrown, but very helpful and it took us right to a junction with a maintained ATV/snomo trail, that we followed briefly south before turning north at a junction on a trail that would skirt the western edge of the peak. There were cliff bands preventing a direct ascent, but as we got closer to the HOL on this trail, NW of the peak, the woods opened up and it was a quick/easy ascent to the high point.
I debated going back to the car here and trying for the northern Ad Chase via hilltop dr, but decided to go for it from here. We went just west of north from the summit to the same ATV/Snomo trail, which was in lovely condition. Clearly well maintained and mowed recently - can't ask for much better. We took this until it turned SE to descend parallel to Ad Chase Rd, at which point a short whack took us to Ad Chase Rd. We walked up the road until the Red Shed that others have noted, and followed the obvious ATV trail to the right at this point. This trail took us right to the summit - (stick with it when it goes a little south! I could feel Liam's pain at this spot) and a quick descent.
We descended back to Ad Chase Rd, then decided to adventure and whack over to Border View Dr and follow that + atv trails back to the car, thinking this might save some elevation gain going back up the south peak. We walked up the road a short way, then entered the woods. Woods were easy, and soon enough we saw some heavy machinery on the edge of the woods, and a blue flagged path, that seemed to have been cut within the past few years. We followed the blue flagging which ascended the knob just north of the southern Ad Chase. Alas, this blue flagging abruptly ended and we were then fighting through whippy young growth covered logging roads. These were the least pleasant part of the route, and we popped in and out of the woods, eventually hooking up with the 1st ATV/snomo trail we encountered, a bit north of the logging road to the car, which we followed the rest of the way.
2:10 round trip. 20 mins from car to South, 50 from south to Ad Chase and 60 from Ad Chase back to car. Might have been able to shave 10 minutes off if I retraced my steps back to the car. Pretty sure this approach beats the Ad Chase Rd way if the gate is closed at the base. |
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 | Name: |
Big Al Dente |
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 | E-Mail: |
bigaldentenh@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-10-16 |
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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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