| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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None, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Landing Camp Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Dirt road was in great condition. Room for a couple cars near the trailhead. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Significant |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No big crossings, but you're kidding yourself if you think you're going to keep your feet dry :) The first crossing at 0.4 was flooded... had to be creative to avoid being in ankle deep water. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Haha. This one is fun. Ironically one of the only blazes/signs I saw was on the only clear straightaway of the whole trail. I'll put all the navigation tips in the comments below. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
I mean I guess you could bring your dog... I did not bring mine. You might lose them in the overgrown brush ;) |
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 | Bugs: |
This should've been tick HEAVEN in June -- grassy vegetation up to at least my torso for the majority of the trail -- but I did it in the rain, and I think that actually kept them away? The cool rainy evening also seemed to keep the mosquitoes at bay. Even so, I had a bug net on my head just so I could relax and know that ticks and spiders weren't going into my hair as I crawled through branches and brush. |
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 | Comments: |
Started at 6pm on a rainy June evening. Am I crazy? Maybe. I had a great adventure though. This is the fun part of tracing in my opinion! I covered my body and I highly recommend that you do to. Skin would get torn up otherwise. I wore a light rain coat, ripstop warm up dance pants (side note: highly recommend as ultralight hiking pants), gaiters, and bug net. That allowed me to just plow through the trail without worry! I'm also always a fan of tracking myself with gps so that I never have to worry about getting lost: at any point I could just turn around and follow my track back.
I only had two moments of uncertainty navigation-wise. First was at 0.4 when you bear right through a field, dip down to cross a stream, and then the trail just kind of disappears into flooded marshy-ness. Here, the stream going straight across IS the trail. So just follow the flooded part through brush and you'll see the trail continue on the other side. The second confusing part was about halfway through. I'm going to copy the words from Spence's report last year because it really helped me out! "You enter a tiny flat area with a wooden post. At this point you clearly cross a small stream where you duck under some small tree branches. You then pop into a large overgrown meadow with no clear trail." There's kind of 2 faint paths that diverge. Choose the one on the left. "At this point you want to look left (10-11 o'clock) and on other side of meadow there is some flagging tape on a small tree just above the undergrowth. The tape is faded yellow" (but I added some bright orange!) "There are two more flagging tape pieces on trees beyond this one and then you pick up the single track again easily."
Aside from that -- just prepare to have wet feet, cover up, guard against bugs, and have fun! I enjoyed the misty mountains and peaceful river at the end :) |
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 | Name: |
CTRL+Z |
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 | E-Mail: |
dtwilson4826@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2021-06-24 |
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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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