| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Moosilauke, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Tunnel Brook Trail, bushwhack, Beaver Brook Trail, Benton Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Just us and the fishermen. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
We where able to cross Tunnel Brook with minimal effort |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Only one or two blowdowns on Benton, nothing really of note. The view has all but grown in, a few years ago you could see the waterfall, not anymore |
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 | Comments: |
A FINE day in the forest was had. I needed a due northerly ascent of Moosilauke for 4 compass point list (I really need a new hobby). We started on the scarified Tunnel Brook Trail, departing at the Little Tunnel Brook confluence. Found a railroad artifact in the river that was left. We found exceptional woods lower in this valley, and where able to get on a logging road that took us a good portion into the valley. Found a locker chained to a tree that resembled a coffin and a sled/bucket (like a pulk sled) along the way. We where delighted by the "Nine Cascades" that appear on a 1911 compilation map available on the Dartmouth Library website. While I have only seen two written reports of this in the last 15 years, that information was still pretty good. I will say I believe Steve Smith's estimate of 100 feet is on the low end. That waterfall is absolutely amazing, though you certainly earn your turn approaching it. We never where able to get out on the top of it for a picture but I would estimate it more on the 200' range - it just keeps going further than the eye can see down low. Woods, for experienced whackers, slowed to well below 1mph moving along side and past the waterfall. We where able to find a very narrow "Goldilocks" line that paralleled the river of which we could move in, eventually bailing out and heading straight for the Benton/Beaver brook junction. The woods get menacingly thick near the headwaters. Nothing really else of note on this. I looked for USFS corners 68, 69 and 70. 69 likely exists still as it is in an area that no one would get to by accident. 70 is likely there, but its in the alpine. Oh, and a radio repeater ;) |
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 | Name: |
The Teal Goat, Honey_Badger |
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 | E-Mail: |
sea2thebiscuit@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-08-26 |
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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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