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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Square Ledge, NH
Trails
Trails: Oliverian Brook Trail, Square Ledge Branch Trail, Square Ledge Trail, Passaconaway Cutoff
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Plenty of parking at the Kanc's Oliverian Brook lot. They charge the $3 for which they're required to provide "amenities," the nearest of which, as their sign informs you, is the Sabbaday Falls outhouses 2.2 miles down the road! 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: A number, but none significant, in the dry conditions 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: The bog bridges on the Oliverian Brook Tr. and Passaconaway Cutoff are nearly all rotted away. I would avoid these trails in wet conditions (unless frozen). 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs: Hardly any. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Redlining can be fun. These trails would be really muddy if it were wet, but were good today. Nice views from Square Ledge (as I knew from a prior hike) and lots of attractive hemlock groves and a babbling Brook - refreshing on a muggy day.  
Name
Name: Amicus 
E-Mail
E-Mail: mcsamicus@yahoo.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2012-07-30 
Link
Link: https://amicus.smugmug.com/Hiking/2012/Square-Ledge-Loop-from-the/24450466_53TLhs#!i=1994371844&k=tgVKpFN 
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