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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks North Weeks, Middle Weeks, South Weeks, Mt. Waumbek, Mt. Starr King, NH
Trails
Trails: York Pond Trail, Kilkenny Ridge Trail, Starr King Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Easy, only one other car at the fish hatchery trailhead lot 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Bushwhacked to better crossing spots in a couple locations, nothing major 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Serious blowdowns from just below the North Weeks summit coming down the south side almost all the way to Waumbek summit. Trail entirely obliterated by blowdowns for as far as we could see in several locations. Bushwhacking around them, we would reconnect with the trail only to be forced back off it by more blowdowns within a few hundred yards. Estimate we did at least 5 miles of bushwhacking. Many of the downed trees were the ones with the blazes! Clear trails from Waumbek summit to southern trailhead with thin layer of packed snow for the upper half or so. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: None seen. Didn’t even see any other hikers or even footprints until Waumbek! 
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments:  
Name
Name: Roger Turgeon 
E-Mail
E-Mail: rdt@turgeonlawfirm.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-12-01 
Link
Link: https:// 
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