| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Rand Mountain, West Quarry Mountain, NH |
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Clough Road, Quarry Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 |
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Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Wet Trail |
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 | Comments: |
After asking the Belknap tower fire spotter (See Whiteface-Rowe report, same day) about the Clough Rd approach, and having enough daylight for another hike, we drove to the end of the pavement on Glidden Rd, off of 11A. As explained by the fire spotter, the Belknap Trails map is minorly incorrect here...the dirt track continues straight for longer than depicted, then turns almost due south as Clough Rd, heading up to connect with the dirt road coming in from the left (also from 11A)and continuing directly to the Rand-West Quarry saddle. We proceeded to Rand, back to saddle and up West Quarry, some black ice on Quarry slabs. Above the slabs on West Quarry there was a 12-16" diameter spruce right along the trail that was teetering in the wind...a gust would lift a big, ten foot long root and attached soil, that the trail passed over, about eight inches and then the gap would collapse again. Freaky looking...not a place to catch one's toe! Fire spotter said the area was private property, signed as such and the dirt road gated (cabled) after the turn south, but hikers were tolerated, if I understood him correctly. Anyway, he continued to give us explicit directions. |
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 | Name: |
ThinMan |
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 | E-Mail: |
twcaldwell@comcast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2010-11-25 |
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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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