| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Smarts Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Daniel Doan Trail, J Trail, Snowmobile Trail P153 |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, May 4, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Looks like fill was added to the Mousley Brook Road parking area for Daniel Doane Trail, along with several new "no parking in winter, snowplow turnaround" signs. Parking area looks like it will accommodate up to 5 cars. Logging trucks are operating on Mousely Brook Road for a timber harvest-- isn't much room on that road when haul trucks roll down it. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easily fordable. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Several blowdowns along Daniel Doan, including some large diameter paper birch, smaller trees, saplings, sticks. Trees are located at several elevations. One downed spruce near the summit on J Trail, a smaller sapling down about 0.2 further north and some beech crowns and smaller saplings down here in the deciduous zone. Two window panes missing in fire tower. Windows need some re-glazing to keep the rest from falling out. |
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 | Comments: |
Up Smarts via Daniel Doan, down via J Trail and Snowmobile Trail P153 to get back to the DD parking area on Mousely Brook Road. Ran up to the steeps at 2,500', then hiked the rest of the way up, jogged down. Daniel Doan was in its usual rough shape but is well marked. There is an active timber harvest going on on both sides of the lower part of Daniel Doan Trai, with equipment crossing the trail in two places and leaving some deep, muddy ruts. Only a single 2' wide remnant of ice/snow on the entire hike--spring is ascendant. |
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 | Name: |
Barefoot Paul-William |
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 | E-Mail: |
paulwgagnon@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-05-04 |
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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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