| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Cave Mountain, Rice Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Flume Brook Road, bushwhacks, Rice Mountain Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
You could drive up part of either Flume Brook Road or Rice Mountain Road. However, the loop was easier parking on RT. 26 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No problem, even with flooding this morning |
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 | Comments: |
I started at flume brook road which is just east of Dixville’s notch and is marked with a yellow sign. Unfortunately, my map showed very little of the road and there was no opportunity for field bearings due to the weather this morning. I walked up the road to the height-of-land, which put me fairly close to Cave. The bushwhack to Cave was straight forward but very wet. I descended from cave back to Flume Brook road and headed for the ridge walk to rice. There is a radio antenna not far from the col. The walk to rice seemed very long and there was a good amount of blowdown in one section. However over all it was easy. To descend Rice I began slabing towards my start point. Very quickly, I hit clear-cuts and skidder paths that eventually took me to a logging road that I later learned was Rice Mountain Road. The walk from Rice Mountain Road to Flume Brook Road was 0.8 mi heading west. |
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 | Name: |
zporterColdRiverCampCook |
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 | E-Mail: |
zap88@tds.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-06-26 |
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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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