| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Carrigain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Signal Ridge Trail, Carrigain Notch Trail, Desolation Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, August 29, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only a few vehicles in the two-miles-in Sawyer River Road trailhead on a hazy, cool Tuesday. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Two short and easy rock-hops. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in good shape. Desolation Trail, eschewing switch-backs as it shoots straight up a ridge, is inherently rough. Upper Signal Ridge Trail seemed rockier and more eroded than I recalled from last hike about 5 years ago, but perhaps I was just tired by then. |
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 | Bugs: |
No flying insects, biting or other. Perhaps too cool for them. |
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 | Comments: |
I added nearly a mile by relying on the outmoded Signal Ridge Trail description in the AMC 29th Ed., from which it seemed clear that I had somehow missed the Carrigain Notch Trail junction, which in fact I hadn't reached. I found the update on the AMC website afterwards. |
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 | Name: |
Amicus |
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 | E-Mail: |
mcsamicus@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-08-29 |
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 | Link: |
 https://amicus.smugmug.com/Hiking/2017/Carrigain-the-Long-Way-August-29/ |
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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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