| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Cooley Hill, Cole Hill, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Jericho Road Trail, Yellow Trail, unnamed trail, Blue Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, December 3, 2016 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
few cars can be parked at trumpt round road and a few at the 116 gate. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
a tree here and there down, nothing major and could get over them |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
yes |
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 | Comments: |
Jericho Road Trail, Yellow Trail, pink taped trail, blue trail, yellow trail, blue trail
Well we did a traverse for this one, and it snowed all day. Jericho road trail is nice and easy going and we made it to the top with no issues. From here I hit the high point of the mountain and then came back to the newly marked yellow trail. This trail is great. Once you get to the white mountain national forest line (left and right there are the red marks on trees and then the yellow metal blazes came back for the assosiation) is where we started to look for a trail to cole hill. Not even a minute later we came across a pink taped trail going left. We followed this herd pathy/trail all the way to the top. From here it got a little interesting as the pink tape faded a bit. We stayed near the bog at the top and on the right of the trail there is a tree just below a large rock with an orange tape on it (finally found the sign in jar next to it which we searched a while up there for). after this we followed the path on an old logging road until we came to a blue marked post. This is the trail we were looking for. This trail hit the yellow trail we were on earlier and they ran concurrent for a little. The two trails split and I thought I remembered the yellow trail being for hiking and the blue for mountain bikes, well I was wrong it was the opposite. We ended up going down the yellow which had so many unnecessary switchbacks for hiking but would make sense for the mountain bikes. This therefore took a little longer than expected and we missed the ledges on the blue. Right before the end we came to an old log road where the yellow trail continues into the woods and to the right I could see bog bridges. We decided to take this and it was actually the blue trail that led right back to our car. The yellow trail if we continued would have done this as well. All in all it was a great day for everything but if it wasn't snowing it would have been absolutely awesome to have the views. Oh and between the two hills we were right behind a very large moose with very fresh tracks on the trail (it was snowing and no snow were in the tracks). |
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 | Name: |
Danielle, Beardo |
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 | E-Mail: |
navychik72@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2016-12-04 |
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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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