| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Owl's Head, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Lincoln Woods Trail, Black Pond Trail, bushwhack, Lincoln Brook Trail, Owl's Head Path, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
We rock hopped 3 crossings to the base of the slide, and waded on the way back. Water was high and moving fast. Gaiters would make this a breeze. Recommend trekking poles |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No doggos today. Probably not a good idea to attempt the slide with one. |
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 | Bugs: |
Didn't notice any bugs, partner got a few black flies in her mouth coming back from Black Pond |
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 | Comments: |
Lincoln Woods and the official Black Pond trail were excellent. During the BP bushwhack, we lost the herd path very early on and followed between 340-360 and eventually came out right on the path, and followed it to a downed birch tree right after one of the Lincoln brook crossings. There are trees laid down to mark the herd path coming back. Very easy to find and follow on the way back. Compass and map or GPS definitely should be used though in conjunction. The Lincoln Brook trail had some tricky crossings (first was easy, second two tricky) that we had to continue upstream to find better places to cross. Owls head slide beginning is a little messy but hard to miss. Slide was dry and there was only some unstable monorail towards the top. Ran into 2 gentleman coming down who suggested taking the Brutus bw back down, and we did, following the herd path from the large boulder around 3500' until we lost it at a drainage path. From here things got a little messy, and we decided to just whack down to the brook, and follow it southbound until we would only have to cross once instead of twice. Ended up wading through some ankle high water because there were no places to rock hop. Kept heading west from bank and eventually found the trail again. BP bw took us a little northwest of the pond, and so we left the herd path back to the official trail and were fine. Total trip was about 15.5 miles and just under 10 hours due to losing the Brutus whack. Beautiful day overall! |
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 | Name: |
Jon Amerault |
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 | E-Mail: |
Mr.jonnyames@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-05-18 |
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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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