| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Potash Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Logging road, Mt. Potash Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, May 27, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
No parking issues but if you take the logging road, don't block the gate. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Bring water shoes or avoid the crossing completely by taking the road mentioned in the AMC guide which is 0.6 miles west of the parking lot. The water was above knee level and fast running. We turned back and then drove down the road to the old logging road. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns, nothing that you couldn't pass.
About a mile up there are some high trees that have jack-knifed and look like they could fall at any time - might want to have trail crew cut them so no one gets injured.
If the water crossing could be altered to make it easier and safer to pass in higher water that would be great. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None made it up Potash today. |
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 | Bugs: |
They were out today, especially in the areas that were more exposed and in the parking area and on the logging road. |
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 | Comments: |
It was our first hike out for the season. There were no recent trail reports to tell us how high the water was. It rained yesterday (and a lot recently) and the water was high and fast. We saw several people turn around and do Hedgehog instead. I suspect a lot of people did that because including us there were only 13 people on Potash all day but the lot was completely full. Given how crowded the White Mountains are this weekend the high waters probably allowed us to have the trail mostly to ourselves today.
The view was great from the ledges as well as from the summit. |
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 | Name: |
zipnzoe |
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 | E-Mail: |
zipnzoe@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-05-27 |
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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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