| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Bear’s Den Natural Area (Gilsum) , NH |
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 | Trails: |
Orange Trail, road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, May 25, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Large dirt parking area with room for well over a dozen cars on NH 10. I was the only one there at 12 and 12:30pm. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The trail is marked occasionally with orange disks. The footpath can be quite obscure at times. There’s a mid-sized duck under just a couple minutes in, and I believe there was a very large, delimbed, and old step over blowdown on the portion of road that that you can take instead of the Orange Trail at the start. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Sure |
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 | Bugs: |
I’d used bug spray and I don’t think they were too bad. Nothing that looked too ticky here. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Second hike of the day doing some SNH redlining clean-up. Short and seemingly not very well travelled hike to some rocks. In the col between the twin summits of Bingham Hill, there’s another cool rock feature on your left. The trail wasn’t marked all that frequently and could be obscure. I don’t recall the ground surface so let’s assume it was muddy ;P Note that you can make a loop near the spot with an old road shown on Gaia. Just bear right instead of left at the start. Gaia had me at 1.1mi, about 150ft of gain, 28min. |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-05-27 |
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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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