| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Galehead Mountain, South Twin Mountain, North Twin Mountain, Mt. Guyot, Zealand Mountain, West Bond, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Gale River Trail, Garfield Ridge Trail, Frost Trail, Twinway, North Twin Spur, Twinway, Bondcliff Trail, Guyot Shelter Spur, West Bond Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
plenty at gale river and a lot of cars in the Lincoln woods lot |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
no issues |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Erosion control, brushing, bog bridges or ricks needed in the muddy sections that keep getting wider due to people walking around it. Big trees and small possibly but too long of a day to keep track |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
easily with water |
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 | Bugs: |
black fly central and also gnats in the woods |
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 | Lost and Found: |
lost nothing and found more vandalism at summits. Both Galehaed and Zealand cube rocks were left with the name and elevation. Also an ornament on bondcliff with intials and the number they summited. When will people stop leaving trash and defacing things end we will never know. |
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 | Comments: |
Well went out for an overnight to grab some peaks before my month of July of hiking is up. Heading up gale river was nice and quick even with our packs. I dropped my pack at the hut while my friend hung out and had some water. Someone is leaving sharpie or black marker written cube large rocks at the summit of this with the name and elevation profile (someone go use it as a stepping stop or something) Once I got back we made out way up to South Twin and a decent amount of people were at the summit. Always the muddy sections through here. We dropped packs again and hit North Twin and saw the awesome crew of kiddos and moms having a blast. We headed back to South Twin through the gnat land and had some lunch. Heading over to guyot felt like it took forever but it was less buggy in there so that was a nice relief. We went and did an out and back to Zealand and sadly found the other cubed rock (like c'mon there is a sign with the name on it!!). When we got back to guyot... wow black flies just wow. We made it down to the campsites and there was still a platform open and only 4 were in the shelter which was shocking. We had platform number 9 but did get 2 more tents with us by the end of the night. A lot of people were rolling in after dinnertime. Once we ate, we went up to West Bond for sunset. Nice day out. |
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 | Name: |
Danielle |
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 | E-Mail: |
navychik72@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-07-05 |
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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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