| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Sugar Hill, Tumble Dick Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Tumble Dick Trail, Cohos Spur Trail, Corridor 18 snowmobile trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, December 1, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the boat launch for little diamond pond in Coleman State Park (road plowed fully, lot was not plowed) |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow - Spring Snow, Leaves - Significant/Slippery, Slush |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings everywhere on the CT-it rained 2" in the last few days. We had no issue with them though |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
a tree or two down on Tumble Dick Trail that need a saw. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
easy enough for a dog, they may have just gotten wet on this day |
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 | Bugs: |
none |
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 | Lost and Found: |
none |
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 | Comments: |
Well we set off from the kiosk and immediately could not find where the CT went from it. We found a sign in the back that there is a trail. We just walked in the direction of the campsite until I found the little sign for CT this way. It was snowing out and it had just rained so water was everywhere but not an issue. The CT turned into a snowmobile trail and we followed very faint snow tracks from someone at least days ago. We got to the height of land and saw the CT had a view spur. We continued on this portion of the CT until that ended. from here if you were to turn right you would see a snowmobile sign (corridor 18). We followed this trail all the way to that height of land. We could see the trail drop back off the other side and we turned left into some hobble bush and searched for the highpoint. We believe we found it and then looked for the canister, and i only found it from photos I had. It is on a birch surrounded by pines(we looked at the tops of trees and then found it!) we signed it and headed back down to the spur trail-had a snack and enjoyed the small view. We then went back to where the CT continued into a trail. We tested this route out to see if a spur trail was ever blazed up to tumble dick and it wasn't. We went back to the trail and right before we hit the yellow and blue markers ont he tree we went in. Open woods everywhere nice and easy up. The cannister was a little hard to find(more north west of the flat summit. Then back down and out! we should have had snowshoes but bare booted it all :(. rough going but it was good! |
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 | Name: |
Danielle, Beardo, Dawn |
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 | E-Mail: |
navychik72@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-12-02 |
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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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