| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Kearsarge North Mountain, NH |
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 | Trails: |
Weeks Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, June 30, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
A big lot 100 yards off Green Hill Road in Chatham, 0.4 mile north of the east terminus of Hurricane Mtn. Rd. I had it to myself, which I think is common. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
A few, all minor. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
A Trail that gets little use, but in decent shape and not hard to follow. Blowdowns all easily passable. At 1.6 miles from trailhead, Trail reaches a T-junction with an old road. Turn left, then bear right across the wet meadow. A post at the end marks the return to the woods. Much wetness after that. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No dogs or people today except three of the latter at the Kearsarge Tower, who had come up the usual way - not many for a sunny summer Saturday. |
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 | Bugs: |
Heavy mosquitoes for the first 3 miles, but they dwindled after Shingle Pond. |
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 | Comments: |
I liked this longer alternative to the popular trail from Hurricane Mtn. Rd., even though it is twice as long, with many wet sections. There are no PUDs - uphill all the way, although about half of the gain is in the last mile-plus. Shingle Pond is very attractive and the whole Trail has the attraction of little apparent use. |
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 | Name: |
Amicus |
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 | E-Mail: |
mcsamicus@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-07-01 |
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 | Link: |
 https://amicus.smugmug.com/Hiking/2012/Kearsarge-North-by-Weeks-Brook/23885910_hvG4rk#!i=1937104124&k=hntxkTr |
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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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