Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Pack Monadnock, Pack Monadnock, Temple Mountain (Holt Peak), Temple Mountain (Burton Peak), Barrett Mountain, New Ipswitch Mountain, Stony Top, Pratt Mountain, Nutting Hill, Mt. Watatic, NH |
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| Trails: |
Wapack Trail |
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| Date of Hike: |
Friday, July 17, 2015 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty of room at paved parking area at the Northern terminus, Mountain Road, Greenfield, we were only car at 8:30 am. Gravel Parking lot at Southern terminus lot, Rte 119, Ashburnham, MA, was full when we finished at 6:20 pm with many people going to the Watatic summit on a Friday night! Car spot was a pain in the morning because we didn't know that a bridge was out on Rte 123. Did better in afternoon heading west and cutting over to Jaffery. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
rock hop-able or bridged |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trail well marked with yellow triangle blazes. Only a few minor blow downs. |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
Glad a couple of dogs on way up Pack Monadnock were on leashes! Not much water is to be found on the ledgy ridges. |
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| Bugs: |
A few black flies as we by-passed around and up Windblown Ski Touring Center (worst part of the hike) |
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| Comments: |
We picked a winner of day to do the Wapack traverse from North to South. We each carried 3 or 4 liters of water and we spotted water two more liters each at the half way point (Belletette Parking Area). We drank it all. Great vistas all day and it was delightful to see Mount Monadnock and Gap Mountain from all the different mountain tops and we admired how the view changed at each vantage. Wild Blueberry Heaven!!! We visited every high point and outlook. There are artistic stone stacking and fine old stonewalls between Holt and Burton Peaks. We did not enjoy the long over grown grassy re-route at Windblown. Chaos at once we reached Mass. two misplaced women (thankful we shared our map), lots of people on Watatic Summit (a man doing pushups, blueberry pickers, hot teenagers) and the parking lot was a traffic jam. We had a fun day. |
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| Name: |
Nordic Gal, Bryan |
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| E-Mail: |
amybike@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-07-17 |
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| Link: |
https:// |
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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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