Mendon Peak - Logging roads, herd path, bushwhack - 2-10-2019

Hiking Trail Conditions Report
	Peaks	Mendon Peak, VT

	Trails:	Logging roads, herd path, bushwhack

	Date of Hike:	Sunday, February 10, 2019

	Parking/Access Road Notes:	Wheelerville Road is in great shape. There is logging in the area. Parking area at Brewers Corner (TH for the Bucklin tr.) is plowed and in fine shape. Icy. First 1/4 mile or so coincide with the Catamount XC ski-trail and it is also a snowmobile corridor. Hardpacked and icy.

	Surface Conditions:	Ice - Blue, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Monorail (Stable)

	Recommended Equipment:	Snowshoes, Light Traction

	Water Crossing Notes:	There are four and all require stepping on several ice-covered rocks.

	Trail Maintenance Notes:	Logging roads all the way to the col between Mendon and Little Killington and in good shape. Saw several signs of blowdowns that have been cut and removed.

	Dog-Related Notes:	Some of the crossings will be quite tricky but the rest is fine for dogs.

	Bugs:

	Lost and Found:	Found: Water-bottle and ski-helmet. Please e-mail if they are yours or you know the owner(s).


	Comments:	Solid trails all the way to the col between Mendon and Little Killington but several icy patches on the lower section and around the crossings. Snowshoes from the col to the summit. There are several tracks (ski and snowshoes) on this final section. There may be some dead ends here and there although I did not encounter any. But I think some of the ski-tracks will not merge up to the summit. The summit register was a bit of a mess. Notebook was full and wet. A lot of paper-slips had been left there plus candy-wrappers and other trash. Rather disappointing. I removed it all. Left a pen, 2 pencils and a sharpener in a plastic bag. I hope a kind soul will bring a note-pad or -book at the next visit.

	Name:	LongMark

	E-Mail:	perfrost@yahoo.com

	Date Submitted:	2019-02-10

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