| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Dorset Peak, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Snowmobile trails |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
We could not make it to summer trail head, but good for parking at end of Tower Road, which is off of Dorset Hollow Rd and right turn on Upper Hollow Rd. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No worries |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Awesome spring-like conditions |
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 | Comments: |
At parking lot, follow old tower hill road straight ahead. At first junction stay left, following stream on left. Continue to old abandoned cabin, and the woods road bed continues on climbing behind and to the right of the cabin. Continue following the road bed, keeping the stream to your right until you cross over and continue with a steam now on your left. The trail continues to follow old road traversing the side of Dorset. Stay to the right at intersections and you eventually summit the tower peak. Head back down the trail to first intersection on right and trail will take you to the true summit. Look for signs but expect some difficulty because of the snow. There was a sign on a tree but as I recall there are open woods and hopefully previous hikers didn’t wander around too much. If you’ve got the way point on your GPS you shouldn’t have a problem. My track says that it was about 6.8 miles for both Dorset and Dorset South peaks and total time was a little over 5 hours. |
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 | Name: |
Doug Hunt |
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 | E-Mail: |
doughunt52@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-03-13 |
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 | Link: |
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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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