| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Cambridge Black Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Bushwhack, skidder paths |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Drove on the atv roads about 15 mph max in my truck. Black Strap is the road to take and it has a sign. All the roads are well signed by the snowmobile club. I got just southwest of the mountain before I saw a collapsed culvert, so I did a 3-point turn and parked there on the side. There was a new culvert sitting nearby. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
This mountain had a little bit of everything you encounter bushwhacking in these hills: overgrown skidder paths, various heights of dense logging regrowth, spectacular clear-cut views, 2 canisters, a large antennae, I spooked 2 deer on the ridge, they spooked me too. It was a longer one at 5.5 miles with over 1,300 feet of gain and took me 3 hours.
I went straight to the NW summit first, then changed direction about 90 degrees and followed a herd path to the SE summit and back through nice mossy woods, though there were many blowdowns to step over. I took a different overgrown road back down on the same bearing I took up, but a bit to the north, and passed by an amazing view of Umbagog lake, then the tall skinny antennae I missed on the way up, and more views to the west. I popped out on the road a little bit north of where I parked.
Three peaks down for the 500 today with Henry Hill this morning and Little Cambridge this afternoon, and those 2 were very quick hikes on skidder paths and overgrown logging roads with hardly any real bushwhacking compared to my adventure on Cambridge Black. |
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 | Name: |
Carl G |
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| Date Submitted: |
2024-10-22 |
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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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