| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Goose Eye Mountain, Mt. Carlo, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Goose Eye Trail, Mahoosuc Trail, Carlo Col Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Success Pond Road is bumpy, as always, but definitely driveable. Thank you for maintaining this road! There is room for 3 cars at the trailhead and there were 3 of us. The Mt Success Trail trailhead had about 25 cars around it when I headed out - wowza! |
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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: |
Easy rock hops. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The Mahoosuc Trail (AT) between Wright Trail junction and Mt Success Trail junction has 7 major blowdowns (chainsaw will be needed). Three are complicated and there are herd paths around them which are stomping on the delicate vegetation.
Carlos Col Trail also has approximately a half dozen large blowdowns (chainsaw will also be needed here). All of these are stepovers and none are being bypassed.
Goose Eye Trail is free of significant blowdowns. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None today. |
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 | Bugs: |
The bugs are absolutely insane. I have never had this many bites (yesterday was bad too, in Randolph). I tried to outrun them; I don’t think that I was successful. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Nothing today. |
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 | Comments: |
I hiked up Goose Eye Trail, then the Mahoosuc Trail from the Wright Trail junction down to the Mt Success Trail junction, and then hiked down Carlos Col Trail. I stopped by the shelter. I saw 6 AT thru hikers (4 SOBO and two brave souls were NOBO!). I helped to redirect a dad and his 5ish year old son who were looking for the plane crash site but about to go down the first crazy boulder descent on the Mahoosuc Trail near the NH/ME border. They had turned the wrong way and were about 0.75 miles off course. All was fixed and they were on to see the plane crash site. :) |
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 | Name: |
Bikecamphikegirl |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-05-28 |
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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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