| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Prospect Hill - West Peak, Perry Ponds Peak, Deer Mountain, NH |
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Logging roads, skidder trails, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Pittsburg-from Rte 3, left on Day Road and then all the way to the end of Perry Stream Road. Road is in good condition, just a couple pot holes and bumpy culverts required going slow during the last 3 or 4 miles (about an 11 plus mile drive from Rte 3). We parked in a large log landing area.
For Deer Mountain we backtracked down the road about 5 miles to a sharp left turn. There is a gate around the first corner labeled 'Gate 126'. We followed this for two miles, park at the end and walk back about 100 yards to enter the woods. |
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Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock |
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 | Comments: |
We entered the woods through high grass for a few yards then crossed Perry Stream. We intended to follow a mostly North direction to the peak but strayed slightly NE to avoid some wet areas and found ourselves on the border swath slightly east of Prospect Hill. It was an easy walk using an ATV track and the Swath to the recognized summit on the US side of the Swath. Previous reports used the swath and ridge-line to get to Perry Ponds Peak but because our track was so open and easy we chose to retrace our steps back to the truck and begin a whack to PPP. It turned out to be a good decision as we found more open woods once we got beyond the thick blackberry bushes that surrounded the log landing area. We followed an easterly direct through open woods letting the herd paths dictate the course right to the summit, These moose are pretty smart about avoiding blowdowns and the occasional rocky outcroppings and there were certainly many paths to choose from.
Deer Mountain-After driving back (See Parking Comments) we started our entry at the HOL just before the end of the Deer Mtn. Rd. - This took us through some thick hobble bush and boggy areas and running into several cliff bans then fir bans and finally into some really nasty blowdowns that made very slow going. Just when we thought it was bad, it got worse, it started to rain. We finally pushed through the thick gnarly stuff and reached the well-protected (by blowdowns) recognized high point. With the rain coming down we stayed more northerly and parallel to our inbound track through much better woods and avoided all the fir and rocky cliffs but still not what I consider 'open'. This track finally crossed an old skidder path and that brought us to a drainage at the far end of the log landing where we parked. |
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 | Name: |
FranM |
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 | E-Mail: |
maineri@metrocast.net |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-08-17 |
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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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