| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mendon Peak, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Logging road, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, July 2, 2011 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
BRIDGE OUT 1.1 mile from Rte 4 on Wheelerville Rd. blocking access to Brewster's Corner from this direction. Go about 2.5 miles West on Rte 4, left at a blinking yellow light across fro a Best Western on Townline Rd. Follow to a stop sign, bear left on Notch Rd and Left again on the other end of Wheelerville Rd to get to the trail head. Total distance fron the blinking yellow light, just over 6.5 miles. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Three easy crossings |
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 | Bugs: |
Bad. Flies around the legs at higher elevation and mosquitoes about the head for most of the hike. |
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 | Comments: |
Never saw a third cairn. We may have turned around early having reached a height of land and beginning to descend after the 2nd cairn (located on a 90 degree left hand turn on steep slope). Returned to the 2nd cairn and bush whacked SW and uphill to a sub-peak on the northern side Mendon. Followed a fairly well established herd path to the Southerly Peak and eventually found the canister off somewhat obscure herd path on the right just before the established path appeared to end. Followed another well established herd path down from the Northern sub peak until it was lost. Continued BW NE and eventually came out back at cairn #2. Recommend starting at the height of land beyond cairn #2, but before the trail begins it's descent to anyone following and also confused about the location of cairn #3. It looked a bit more open and level there than at cairn #2 to begin BW. |
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 | Name: |
Ragu |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-07-05 |
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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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