Mt. Monadnock - Pumpelly Trail - 5-21-2017 - NewEnglandTrailConditions.com

Hiking Trail Conditions Report
	Peaks	Mt. Monadnock, NH

	Trails:	Pumpelly Trail

	Date of Hike:	Sunday, May 21, 2017

	Parking/Access Road Notes:	Parking is on the side of Lake Road - be mindful of the several 'no parking' signs in the area. Mine was the first one there this morning, maybe 10-12 scattered about @ noon.

	Surface Conditions:	Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable

	Recommended Equipment:

	Water Crossing Notes:	None on this route.

	Trail Maintenance Notes:	The top of a felled tree encroaches most of the trail early on. No blazes on this route but it signed and cairns show the way on the upper half.

	Dog-Related Notes:	No allowed here - signs serve as a reminder.

	Bugs:	Only a few black flies when I stopped and there was no breeze.

	Lost and Found:	Lost: most of my camera's functionality when I dropped it for it's final time :(


	Comments:	This trail is in really nice shape and a coolish morning with a fair amount of sun made for a pleasant ascent. Once at the top there were only a handful of others but soon enough the masses started to appear and that was my cue to leave. On the way down I sat on a lower ledge for quite some time with a fine view of the Wapack Range...no one found me there :) On my way out a few runners with numbers passed me on their ascent - I asked one of them (walking) what was going on. Apparently there was a race which started from Manchester and was going to end on the other side of the mountain (!)

	Name:	HMJ

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	Date Submitted:	2017-05-21

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