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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Little Sugarloaf, Goose Pond, NH
Trails
Trails: Elwell Trail, Goose Pond Snowmobile Trail (Orange Trail)
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Monday, August 28, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at the Elwell Trail trailhead, opposite Wellington State Park. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Not an issue -- water levels are low. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Elwell Trail could use a small amount of maintenance brushing in some sections, where saplings are encroaching on the corridor. Erosion at the base of the steep section on Goose Pond Snowmobile Trail (Orange Trail), about 0.2 miles from trailhead, continues to erode from some of the recent rain events. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: None -- at all. Seriously. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Some of the perennially boggy/muddy sections of the Elwell Trail within the first 0.2 miles of the trailhead have gotten/are getting bog bridges -- this should help cut down on the various herd paths that have formed around these sections over the past few years.

Very quiet on the trails this afternoon -- and the lake -- as the summer season winds down.


 
Name
Name: Pancks and Tesco Heaney 
E-Mail
E-Mail:  
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-08-29 
Link
Link: https:// 
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