| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Sandwich Dome, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Algonquin Trail, Sandwich Mountain Trail, Black Mountain Pond Trail, Mary Cary Falls Spur, Guinea Pond Trail, road walk |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parking on the side of Sandwich Notch Road for 3-4 cars. Parking area was muddy. Sandwich Notch Road is quite rough in a few places (coming in from Route 49). Low clearance vehicles would have to take it slowly. Saw mostly motorcycles. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easily hopped |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Algonquin: three trees about .7 from the summit. Two duck unders (one almost a crawl), and one larger walk around.
Mary Cary Falls Spur appears to have been brushed in at the beginning even though it’s on the AMC map and spreadsheet for the trace (30th edition). Is this a closed trail? |
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 | Bugs: |
So many! Mosquitos in places, but mainly black flies and other larger, buzzing flies. |
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 | Comments: |
Algonquin Trail was in beautiful shape and has nice view ledges. The T25 parts weren’t difficult IMO. I really loved the top section above the Black Mountain Pond junction that runs along a ridge. Beautiful woods! Black Mountain Pond Trail has some fun scrambles and they were fine to descend. The trail was in great shape (less wet than I expected). We stopped at BMP to check out the camping area (two tent pads (one tiny, one large), a fire ring, even some wood already collected). Many areas are closed for revegetation. Guinea Pond is wet as expected. I think we ended up cutting back to the old path along the road too early. There needs to be better marking where it redirects into the powerlines. There is a lot of work happening on the powerlines, so maybe that’s why we got confused. |
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 | Name: |
WanderingSoules |
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 | E-Mail: |
soules@writeme.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-05-23 |
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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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