| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Savage Mountain, East Spruce Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lamms Trail, logging roads, bushwhacks |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 1, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We made it about 4/10th of a mile up Lamms Trail (shows up as Bissell Road on some maps) at the second logging landing. Pretty icy and extremely icy above there (couldn't get a 4WD SUV up further). |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Minor and frozen over. |
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 | Comments: |
Very little snow down low. From the second logging landing, we wore Microspikes for the road walk up Lamms Trail past the camps. At the split shortly past the camps, the left route's culverts have been pulled, so we beared right. At the next logging landing around 1,780 feet, we continued straight onto an older logging road (still with Micros, maybe 1-3" of snowpack with bare patches). Soon thereafter, we donned snowshoes.
The old logging road faded out, so we bushwhacked briefly up to the more recent logging road around 2,500 feet in elevation with snowpack closer to 6-12 inches. We then briefly headed north to a logging landing, then headed northeast toward Savage, staying a little north of the col. Some old skid roads, some areas of decent woods, and a few areas of thicker junk. A few small, but manageable ledge bands as well. Woods opened up again when reaching the summit ridge. Partial views near the recognized highpoint via a fir wave.
We then retraced our tracks, then continued south into the col and up to East Spruce Mountain, generally following moose paths to the wooded recognized highpoint. Snowpack again generally about 6-12 inches, but there were some areas closer to 2 feet. Plenty of moose hoof postholes.
We then doubled back north to a col, then followed an old skid road back down to the prominent 2,500 foot logging road and retraced our tracks down.
With colder temperatures, the snowpack has set up, so we were barely sinking in with snowshoes. Pretty smooth sailing. |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-01-01 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos |
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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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