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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Little Sugarloaf, Big Sugarloal, NH
Trails
Trails: Elwell Trail, Green Trail, Blue Trail, White Trail, Orange Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, August 4, 2013
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Parking for at least 10 vehicles at the Elwell Trail trailhead, across the road from Wellington State Park. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Water crossings were not an issue. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Elwell Trail is in good shape; other trails are in reasonable shape, given that they follow eroded, boggy old woods roads. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: Mosquitoes and black flies were just a tad annoying. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: We did a loop over the Sugarloaves and then past Goose Pond -- using the Elwell Trail and then some of the recently blazed and signed (last year) network of old logging roads and snowmobile trails in the area.

The Elwell Trail is in good shape -- the "color-coded" trails are in varying degrees of condition, ranging from overgrown boggy mess to dry and nicely graded. However, because of the recent blazing of these, as well as some new directional signs, all of these trails are very easy to follow.

A PDF file map of this trail system -- with approximate mileages for each trail segment -- can be found here (you'll need to paste the link/URL into a separate browser window, first):

www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/files/sugarloafelwellmap-2013-0805.pdf

Along the Elwell Trail near its intersection with the Green Trail (old Bear Mountain Road), we came across a baby porcupine climbing up a tree -- at eye level, so we got a good look at it. Cute critter.  
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2013-08-05 
Link
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