| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Stairs Mountain, Mt. Resolution, Mt. Parker, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Davis Path, Stairs Spur, Mt. Parker Trail, Mt. Langdon Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Space for four carefully parked cars by Mt. Langdon Trail, tons of space by Davis Path off Route 302. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails are in good shape, though Parker could use a bit of brushing here and there between Mt. Resolution and Mt. Parker. Many thanks to the folks who took care of all the blowdowns! |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Trail is dry past Crawford, so bring extra water. |
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 | Bugs: |
Yellow jacket (???) nest on Mt. Parker Trail, a tenth of a mile from Langdon Trail. See below. |
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 | Comments: |
Good times times with our friend John. Sage's next-to-last 52WAV hike!
Great views and straightforward trails. The thing of note is the ground nest of nasty stinging wasps/jackets/whatever the are. They do not look like typical yellow jackets in flight -- they look small and black. At rest, you can see yellow on them, so I'm not quite sure what the heck they are...it's bugging me, really (pun intended)...if anyone knows what kind of wasp has yellow markings but is tiny and looks black while flying, please let me know. There's a picture of the nest on my website, you can blow it up and see the insects...but they're blurry, so I'm not sure if anyone can ID them.
ANYWAY -- the nest is on Mt. Parker Trail about a tenth of a mile (or less) from the intersection with Mt. Langdon Trail. It's to the left of the trail going up and to the right coming down. If you're going up (from Mt. Langdon Trail), there's a big cairn in front of a fallen log that marks the danger zone. The nest is maybe twenty feet beyond that. If you're coming down from Mt. Parker, there's no obvious marker...that's how we discovered it...walked right past and watched them fly out and come after us. Sage and Max (our dog) each got stung once. Luckily, they don't move all that quickly and they only follow you for twenty or so feet.
Photos and TR are now on our blog. |
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 | Name: |
TrishAlexSageMax |
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 | E-Mail: |
patriciaellisherr@post.harvard.edu |
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| Date Submitted: |
2014-09-26 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.trishalexsage.com |
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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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