| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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None, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Welton Falls Road, snowmobile trail, bushwack, Elwell Trail, Old Dicey Road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We parked near the intersection of Cream Hill Road and Welton Falls Road, on Welton Falls Road, well out of the way of the intersection. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Ice - Black, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Not an issue. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Three small (4-inch), hand-sawable stepovers on Elwell Trail within 0.25 miles east of the chimney. |
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 | Comments: |
We did a quick, 7-plus mile loop via some old woods roads to the middle section of the Elwell Trail to check on trail conditions there, having read in a previous post that there were a number of blowdowns on that section. We cleaned all deadfall and blowdowns as we walked; picking them up was pretty easy. The small hand-sawable ones are not an issue for now; these can be gotten later. Shout out to Some Guy Named Jack for chainsawing some large, annoying blowdowns last month on this section -- very pleasant to walk past these today.
(This will count toward our redline grid, now in its fifteenth year.)
Beautiful conditions today -- clear, dry, firm trail was fast-moving, with just a bit of give. Some blue ice in north-facing shadow areas on Elwell Trail at higher elevation, in particular near the intersection with the Oregon Mountain Trail -- but nothing that couldn't be sidestepped.
The old sign at the intersection of the earlier iteration of the Welton Falls Trail (South) and Elwell Trail has been removed. We held a brief memorial service for it at the site of tree in which it was bolted.
Old Dicey Road and much of Welton Falls Road seems to have been repaired a bit in the past few months; last time we were there, it was pretty rutted and eroded.
Welton Falls Road still has very deep ruts just past the small bridge. |
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 | Name: |
Pancks and Tesco Heaney |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-01-02 |
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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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