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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Mt. Success, NH
Trails
Trails: Success Trail, Mahoosuc Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Success Pond Road was much better than I anticipated. It was a well maintained dirt road and there were signs at the ATV parking area advertising it as through-road from Berlin to Gorham. That being said, the turnoff to the Mount Success trailhead was not well maintained. Having been stuck for 5 hours with my kids a few years back, I could feel my lungs constrict as I started down this road. When I reached the small ‘official’ parking area, I decided to continue down the road to the big field (the second parking area) I had read about in other blogs. This is a heart-pumping narrow road with a large rise in the middle just aching for a chassis to get stuck on it. I drove up onto the rise tilting my sequoia a good 30 degrees just to keep my car from getting stuck. I arrived at the field and what do I see? A small Honda CRV from Ohio!!! I can’t for the life of me figure out how he drove to the trailhead. Apparently, if you are a person who has a small car and daredevil personality, I say go for it. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: No water crossings 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: The trail was pretty eroded at 2900 feet.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Only one section near the summit where I had to help my 10 lb chihuahua up and down. 
Bugs
Bugs: buzzing but not biting 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Thank you to the anonymous hiker who placed my Canon lens extender on a log in clear view, for me to find on the way down :).  
 
Comments
Comments: There were a number of sections of slippery rock face covered with a thin layer of moss. I recommend being careful on the cut log pathways. They are slippery and I did an involuntary split on one of them. There were a few muddy sections between the log pathways; be careful not to step in them. I tested the depth in one section with my hiking pole and it was surprisingly 2 feet deep!

I was unable to find the crash site. After talking to a friend, there is apparently a faint trail (off of the main trail) with markers leading you to the site.  
Name
Name: solowoodlandwanderer 
E-Mail
E-Mail: bugsandthings@comcast.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2014-09-29 
Link
Link: https://solowoodlandwanderer.blogspot.com/2014/09/mount-success.html 
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