| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Salmon Mountain (Pittsburgh) , NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bushwhack, herd paths |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
I came in from the road S/SW of the peak that ends just below the 2800ft contour line. I parked just above the 2600ft contour though nearby the drainage due to the rough culvert others have spoken of in their reports. I got out to look at the culvert and I think my car probably would’ve been okay (FWD mid-clearance) if I stuck to the left but starting the whack from this point almost makes more sense anyway. To get here, I took East Inlet Rd from Rt 3, turning left at its first jct just after the bridge. This is Scott Brook Rd. I then used Gaia to navigate to where I wanted to get to. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Drainages were easy to cross |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
N/A |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Sure |
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 | Bugs: |
I recently used up my bug spray and forgot to replenish. Luckily they weren’t noticeable until the summit though. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Day 234, Peak 218. 1st peak of the day. High 50s and partly sunny when I started at 10:45am. Just the way I like it! That said, it was surprisingly cold and windy at the summit. Hat went on as I descended and I almost stopped to put on gloves too!
From my car just east of the drainage at the 2600ft contour, I took a nearly due north bearing and began whacking to the peak. I perhaps should have walked the road to the drainage and followed it up as just diving into the woods my tendency was to ascend a bit too far to the east (toward the southern knobs of Salmon) rather than contour toward the drainage. Pretty flat in here for a ways to easy enough to do. Stick to your bearing. Once things got a bit steeper and I’d crossed a drainage or two, it was more natural to stick to my bearing. Open woods the whole way but there were a decent number of blowdowns that pushed me a little off course. No patches of them but just big blowdowns that I tried to walk around. Easy grades becomes steep as you approached the summit ridge. I still wound up about 0.1mi SE of the peak on a small bump. Many seem to do this though as I began to hit herd paths shortly before reaching the summit ridge. I followed this herd path from this small SE subpeak to the summit. Some soft/wet footing but nothing too bad. Things are pretty dry on the whole. Herd paths fizzled out a bit as I neared the highpoint but still not hard to find the canister. The canister had sign-ins dating back to 1975 much to my delight! Came complete with a sign in from Gene Daniel from the early 80s :) What a treat! I returned on roughly the same line.
This was a lovely hike! The woods were open and beautiful, nothing cliffy, and an old register :) Quick too: about 2.25mi with about 750ft of gain, taking me 1.75hrs to complete at least 30min of which were spent on the summit, perhaps more. 131 more days and 147 more peaks to go… |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-06-23 |
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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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