| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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North Tripyramid, Middle Tripyramid, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Pine Bend Brook Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail, Sabbaday Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, May 30, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We were the first car to the Sabbaday Brook lot around 8:30 am. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Mud - Significant, Snow - Spring Snow, Slush |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Sabbaday Brook Trail crossings require wading through strong rushing water that is at times waist deep. Crossings on Pine Bend Brook Trail are all easy enough to rock hop. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A few blowdowns that were passable on Sabbaday Brook Trail. Mt. Tripyramid Trail also had a few that were trickier to pass, looked fresh. |
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 | Bugs: |
A few mosquitoes and flies near the very bottom of Sabbaday Brook, but nothing up high. |
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 | Comments: |
If you are considering taking this route in the next few weeks, I would HIGHLY advise against it. Consider doing an out and back of Pine Bend Brook Trail instead. As stated previously, Sabbaday Brook is getting dangerous to cross. Luckily, this was the end of our hike, so we just committed to getting wet with about three miles left.
We started around 8:45 am, it was pretty brisk at the bottom, but no issues with the quick mile road walk. The first three miles of Pine Bend Brook Trail were in great shape. With roughly two miles to the summit, we hit the snow. Just a dusting at first, but we quickly ascended into about three inches of wet snow with the trees melting down on us so aggressively it felt like rain. We put spikes on about a mile from the summit when I took a tumble on a snowy rock.
The summit of North Tripyramid was definitely uneventful, so we headed the 0.8 miles over to Middle Tripyramid after a quick lunch. The route between the two summits was fairly easy, just a few blowdowns we had to get creative around. The views from Middle were gorgeous, especially with the 5ish inches of snow up there.
This was when our bad decisions started. We had planned on heading down Sabbaday Brook to see the falls and make it a nice loop hike. The hikers in front of us had all (intelligently) backtracked down Pine Bend Brook, so we had to break trail down Sabbaday Brook. Roughly two miles of wet, slippery, thick snow had us exhausted and begging for reprise.
We finally made it down below the snow line and had a few blissful minutes of easy, dry hiking before our next challenge started: the river crossings. And when I say river, I mean RIVER. Intense, rushing water with a strong current that gave way to some very sketchy rock hops. The trail was difficult to track in the last three miles, as lots of it was covered by the river. We eventually hit a point where we could no longer rock hop across, and ended up just wading through in our boots. As I said before, one of the crossings was waist deep (I’m fairly short, so would likely be mid-thigh for someone taller).
I cannot emphasize enough: SAVE THIS TRAIL FOR A DROUGHT. These peaks were my 26th and 27th of the 48, and I’ve spent many years hiking in the whites. This was one of the most roller-coaster hikes I have ever been on. I have never been so nervous crossing through a stream.
All that being said, it was, of course, still quite fun. The views from Middle Tripyramid were beautiful, and Sabbaday Falls was STUNNING. Next time, we’ll take the slides! |
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 | Name: |
Jigsaw |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-05-31 |
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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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