| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Owls Head, NH |
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 | Trails: |
LIncoln Woods, Black Pond Trail, Black Pond Herd Path, Lincoln Brook Trail, Owls Head Path, Brutus Herd Path |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Lot 1/2 full |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Unstable), Snow/Ice - Small Patches |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All easy crossings for me, mix of dry and semisubmersible rocks to hop across |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Its starting to look like the trail maintainer hasn't hiked owls head in awhile... |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Many having a blast |
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 | Bugs: |
Swarms of muggles, many quite cute, on the way out Lincoln woods |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Spring |
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 | Comments: |
LIncoln woods dry up to the crossing heading up to the crossing of the Black pond outlet brook. Mix of dry & muddiness from here up to Brutus, tuning to mud crystalline frostiness turning the shade corner of the early morning sun over to the base of the slide. Slide itself is exceptionally dry, above 3000' there is a fine icicle rivulet patch to traverse around to the left for awhile below the Brutus jct rock. Barebooted up to the summit, put spikes on from there down to 3400' on Brutus which is also very dry and minimal mud. Way out was pretty mindless until I had to start power passing hordes of muggles on Lincoln woods
Minimal tree budding down low, so quite toasty in the hardwoods. I had no issues on the 3 Lincoln brook crossings and semi dry shoes. Monorail is almost nonexistent below 3600' in the shade and above is some really delightfully delectable decaying spring monorail |
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 | Name: |
Heat Lightning |
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 | E-Mail: |
ecs@mountainlogworks.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-04-25 |
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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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