| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Potash Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Forest Road 511, Mt. Potash Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, June 20, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking for 2 side-by-side vehicles (if you had maybe 4 vehicles in your "party" all meeting up, you could easily park them in "tandem" style, whilst keeping the road free from blocking the gate. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None (we traversed via FR-511 to avoid Downes Brook for the little guy not have to cross during his descent when he would be most fatigued *despite the brook being pretty low from reports that I have read). |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
There are 2 blow downs; however, they are not new (one had a very well established herd path avoiding it); the other I'd already read about in previous hiking reports |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
We met 2 beautiful dogs today. |
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 | Bugs: |
Mosquitoes at the trailhead/parking area and once we got going up FR-511, they seemed to go away. Upon arrival back at our car just after 12p, there were hardly any at all. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None. |
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 | Comments: |
WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST MOOSE ENCOUNTER ON A TRAIL THAT HIGH UP...EVER! It was amazing! She was a big girl. She was crossing the trail at approximately 0.1-0.2 mile from the first viewpoint ledge. She stayed calmly waiting in the woods, turning around to watch us as we finally had the nerve to pass her, staying on the trail. Then, she started to follow us (haha that's what it felt like... she was probably annoyed with my BEAR BELL JINGLING! LOL) ... she walked all the way up the ledge! We started picking up the pace after that... and never saw her again (the two other little groups of people we'd encountered on our descent had not seen her either; but, we had been warned upon our ascent that she was lingering on the trail- so, we were prepared to turn around if we couldn't get by her). We feel VERY blessed to have had that experience - in all the decades that I've been hiking, I've never personally encountered a moose on a trail (or in the woods that I'd been hiking... have only seen moose from the car a few times). WOW! WONDERFUL DAY! |
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 | Name: |
GRACE MORGAN |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-06-20 |
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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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