| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Bog Pond , NH |
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 | Trails: |
Georgiana Falls Trail, herd path, bushwhack, snowmobile trails, old road |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Monday, June 17, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Mid-sized dirt lot with room for around a dozen cars. We were the first two there around 9:15am and I think there was still less than a half dozen when we returned around 4:45pm. That being said, I think Georgiana Falls can get a bit touristy. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
The water crossings on the snowmobile trails were bridged so the only one that we really had to contend with was of Harvard Brook to get from Georgiana Falls to the snowmobile trail. With such low water, this was a pretty standard rock hop but I imagine it could be challenging when water is high. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
I don’t recall blowdowns which probably means there wasn’t anything too significant. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
I’d be careful with them on parts of Georgiana Falls Trail as there some sheer drops. Beyond that, this seems like a very good hike for dogs. |
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 | Bugs: |
They were quite obnoxious at times and bug spray didn’t seem to help too much as they were mostly the small ones that dive-bomb you. |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Georgiana Falls Trail is occasionally blazed in red I believe. Beyond where it splits from the road at a 1/2mi (the abandoned Bog Pond Trail) it often feels more like a series of beaten paths than a well defined trail to me. I don’t recall blowdowns which probably means there wasn’t anything too significant. Also, if there was, you could likely just walk around them. The snowmobile trails were not very overgrown for being snowmobile trails and I don’t recall obstacles on them either.
Last Fall when the Old Man and the Saw and I followed the abandoned portion of the AT through the Wolf-Wolf Cub col, he decided he wanted a REAL view of Bog Pond and today we went back to get one for him! What’s more, we had the lovely company of Lil Young as well.
Our plan was to take Georgiana Falls Trail to its end, whack to the old road just to the east (the abandoned Bog Pond Trail) and follow it a short ways before whacking to the other side of Harvard Brook to the snowmobile trail. We’d then follow this snowmobile trail to the powerline, then follow some road we saw diverging from here last time in the general direction of Bog Pond. The one major exception we made to this was that when we came to a jct with a snowmobile trails called “Big Pond Trail” after about a 1/2mi of following the snowmobile trail we whacked to just west of Harvard Brook, we followed that to Bog Pond instead. While this was a rather circuitous route (2.5mi one way maybe??) this was a MUCH easier hike than we anticipated it being as we thought we’d be bushwhacking more and more or less drowning in a swamp. As far as snowmobile trails go, it was not overgrown, and it generally gentle grades as well.
The views from the pond were interesting toward Wolf and Woof Cub. Of course we had to go and note the existence of a few cliffs that we’d never been to… Old Man and the Saw thought he’d heard that there was some sort of loop around the large pond and while the snowmobile trail was signed as stopping here, there was clearly a trail continuing as well though it looked flooded. We decided not to risk it and just returned the way we came in. As for the rest of the hike…
Georgiana Falls was nice as always though could have been more impressive had water not been so low. Beyond where it splits from the old road (the abandoned Bog Pond Trail) a 1/2mi in, it is more like a series of beaten paths more than a well-defined trail. As such, it would sort of be a redliners nightmare. Parts of it are also steep and a little rough. On Gaia, it’s shown as continuing beyond the upper falls but this is not part of the official trail as described in the guidebook and is more of a herd path. While we originally thought we’d whack over to the old road/abandoned Bog Pond Trail once the trail ended, we tended to stick to the herd path by the brook. About a 1/4mi beyond the upper falls, we crossed the brook, then made a short, steep, and semi-thick whack to the snowmobile trail on the other side. After following this for a 1/2mi, we came to the jct with the Bog Pond snowmobile trail and the rest was history…
All in all, it was a mighty fine day for some no good, good for nuthin’, lazy slackin’. Gaia had us at about 9mi, 1500ft of gain. |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney, Lil Young, and the Old Man and the Saw |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-06-26 |
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 | Link: |
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