| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Bickford Heights, Heron Pond (Lonely Lake), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Old Mail Road, Highland Trail, Hunter's Trail, Bickford Heights Trail, Watkin's Way, Middle Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, August 20, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We started from Scott Road/Hammond Trail parking. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
rock hop-able |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Wish there was a kiosk with a map at any of the trailheads. First we did go over the Fowlers Mill Road Conservancy lands and water access to check it out but that kiosk had little hiking information. All we had to go for was the information in the White Mountain Guide Section 8 geography information. There are very nice trailhead signs that give names of trail only no distances. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
why not |
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 | Bugs: |
occasionally a few really vexing buzzers but not too bad |
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 | Comments: |
This was our third and why not hike more adventure of the day. I showed Becca where the abandoned Skull Cairn Trail begins off of the Old Mail Road and we just kept on going. This was another one of those adventures that just seemed to keep getting better the more we went along the way. We had no map but tired to follow the way described in the guide book but we took a wrong turn and had to do some back tracking and going up and over Bickford Heights twice, I know ha ha. "Impressive glacial boulders" is an understatment, these a bigly and so many of them and the poor farmers that lived here sure did stack a lot of rocks on top of rocks. And crazy us went swimming in Heron Pond, it looked super nice and I think others swim here by the clear water and gravel bottom near a cut tree--polywogs and surprise a giant leach aka blood sucker welcomed us, it was awesome. These trails are worth a visit! Just before we got back to the car two mountain bikers rode by and I recall one trail being called an XC ski trail somewhere.... |
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 | Name: |
Nordic Gal, Becca Munroe |
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 | E-Mail: |
amybike@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-08-21 |
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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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