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Peaks
Peaks Crystal Mountain - North Peak, NH
Trails
Trails: Bushwhack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, October 2, 2022
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: From Rt 26 in Errol, follow Coarser Brook Rd North for a little more than 6mi. I’d think this would be doable by even low clearance cars as it’s a wide dirt road in good shape though it has some pretty rocky spots when it goes up and down more steeply. Cross a bridge, then turn left onto Greenough Pond Rd. Follow it for another 2.5mi or so. Here, what I believe is still Greenough Pond Rd bears left and Roaring Brook Rd bears right. I followed Roaring Brook Rd for another 2.5-2.75mi to a point just just off the drainage that elongates from the peak and a northern subpeak (that’s shown on Gaia as the summit). I think Greenough Pond Rd would be doable for low clearance but Roaring Brook was a little rougher and you’d need mid clearance.  
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant 
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: It’s cool to still hear the occasional buzz buzz but not be annoyed by them :)  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: None 
 
Comments
Comments: Day 336, Peak 318. 1st peak of the day. You’ll have to take this report and many of the others that are about to come with a grain of salt as I hiked so many similar peaks these past two days and some are blending together.

I parked just north of west of the peak and just south of the drainage that emanates between North Crystal and a northern subpeak that’s called “Crystal Mountain” on Gaia. I took a direct bearing just south of east and followed it the whole way up. They were so old it was hard to tell but I think this was an old skidder path in the softwoods type of hike, and, as such, provided relatively decent walking if you watched where you were going. One very steep and pokier section I went through. Grades were generally steep anyway though. In the latter part of the hike, the woods changed. No more old skidder roads and more of an open softwood forest instead. Just the way we like ‘em and, thankfully, often the way the 3000 footers come in the north country (in my experience). Not too hard to find the canister. The true high point is just behind it. I followed the same line down.

Very chilly morning but a beautiful early morning hike. This was a pretty nice one. Total hike was just over 1.5mi with almost 800ft of gain. It took me just shy of 1.5hrs to complete. That of course included lots of time looking at all the old sign ins on the summit ;) 29 more days and 47 more peaks to go…
 
Name
Name: Liam Cooney 
E-Mail
E-Mail: liamcooney96@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2022-10-04 
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