| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Hurricane Mountain, Black Cap Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Road walk, unnamed trail, bushwhack, Black Cap Trail, Black Cap Spur |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, November 7, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The Black Cap trailhead parking lot at the HOL on Hurricane Mountain Road is humongous now; easily room for 40+ cars. Hurricane Mountain road is still open and unless the weather gets dramatically worse, should stay open for a while yet. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Leaves - Significant/Slippery |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No crossings |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The first few yards of the unofficial (but marked and well traveled) trail up Hurricane is obscured with lots of blowdown. |
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 | Comments: |
Did Hurricane Mountain first. The entrance to the unofficial trail is just a few yards west of the Black Cap trailhead. It clearly looks like a path from the road, then goes through a few dozen yards of blowdown, before coming out onto a very obvious old forest road. The route follows that road for a ways, before turning into a clearly defined trail branching off to hiker's right. There's lots of cairns and lime green flagging to mark the way. It gets just slightly harder to follow the path along the summit ridgeline, but still isn't too difficult. 0.6 miles one-way.
After returning to my car, I went back through the parking lot and did Black Cap. Lots of mountain bikers out, even in the drizzle. No views. That trail is a wide open well graded highway you could drive up; it is in great shape currently. |
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 | Name: |
Khiggs |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-11-07 |
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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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