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Peaks
Peaks Tracy Brook Mountain, NH
Trails
Trails: Bushwhack, skidder roads
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, July 22, 2022
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: I parked at a HOL NW of the peak along a road that’s called Little Dead Diamond Rd on Gaia. To get here, I followed Parmachenee Rd from Rt 16/Dam Rd in Maine for about 3.6mi, then turned left onto Abbott Brook Rd which I followed for about 5.6mi where I turned right onto West Branch Rd and followed it for about 2.4mi at which point I turned left and crossed the Dead Diamond River and followed this road about 2.25mi to the HOL where I parked. All roads were in good shape. Parmachenee seems to have a logging operation somewhere on it so watch out for the huge tractor trailers on the road. I saw two. All of these roads should be doable for low clearance vehicles. The only one that may be of concern is Little Desd Diamond Rd as I think that had a minor grassy centerline but it was still in very good like and likely doable by any car.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: N/A 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Sure  
Bugs
Bugs: By this time of day they were our and getting annoying.  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: None 
 
Comments
Comments: Day 264, Peak 259. 3rd hike/peak of the day after Camp Seven Mtn/SE Diamond Ridge and Garfield Falls Peak.

From my parking spot I headed up due east to just south of the minor NW knob of the peak. I had to go over some brushy wet stuff right next to my car to get into the woods. I found an old skidder road or two in the woods but also some pencil woods. I very quickly got out of them and into recently logged stuff. Not old enough to be brushy yet so it wasn’t terrible but still not exactly pleasant. I mostly followed the logging cuts in the open along the narrow ridge between this lines subpeak and the summit. Some nice views. Getting back down into the woods at the end of these cuts proved to be a little tricky with some potential scrambling. I was know treated to some lush, green, beautiful, if slightly thick woods. Some herd paths in here. I ascended gently toward the peak in these woods but as I got closer, I came back into the open and had to make my way through young growth toward the summit. Crossed some wet skidder roads as well. Last, but certainly not least, I began to hit a bunch of blowdowns and thick woods as I made my final approach to the summit. I didn’t seem to have quite as good of luck as Brian and Mary did with this approach. Best of all, I spent FOREVER looking around the summit for the register. I walked the whole ridge looking for it and as I finally made my way back thinking I was defeated, I found it. Phew!

I took a more direct NW bearing back to my car rather than heading to the NW subpeak. I still had to fight through young growth and some wet skidder roads up high but I think I got out of them slightly sooner this way?? I soon found myself in the same beautiful green, but slightly thick woods again as I slabbed down off the peak. I came across many logging cuts which I made my way across as well sometimes walking along them, sometimes diving back into the woods which were often thick. Came out in roughly the same place along the road next to my car. My descent route did feel slightly nicer than the way I ascended but that may have just been because I was going downhill.

The hike was almost 2mi with just over 200ft of gain. It took me just over 2hrs to complete. You can probably shave off 0.25mi and a half hour that was spent looking for the jar though. 101 more days and 106 more peaks to go…  
Name
Name: Liam Cooney 
E-Mail
E-Mail: liamcooney96@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2022-07-24 
Link
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