| Date of Hike: |
Saturday, July 22, 2017 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Reached from 4 way junction in Bartlett turn onto river street and cross over Saco river bear left and trailhead is on your right. Room for 5 cars and full when we arrived but there is a second lot right across the street along the river with room for 10+ cars. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Only significant crossing is just past the wilderness sign 1 mile in easy rock hop |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
For the first mile were Mt Langdon trail follows the logging road - trail bed is narrow with encroaching vegetation some of which has nasty thorns. In the stretch in the Dry river wilderness there are numerous blowdowns, most old but a new step over and duck under just into the wilderness area and a cluster just before you begin the ascent up Oak hill you need to duck under and climb through. Mount Parker trail also had a number of blowdowns mostly old but a couple of new stepovers on the way to the summit. |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
An easy one for the canines - there is water at the crossing at 1 mile and a few sources for the next .5 miles but dry after that so bring some extra for the canines. Met one on the trail toady. |
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| Bugs: |
Out and biting from bottom to top and quite bad at the summit, bring the bug spray. |
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