| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Old Speck Mountain, ME |
|
 | Trails: |
Old Speck Trail |
|
 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, January 2, 2020 |
|
 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plowed and plenty of room |
|
 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts, Snow - Wet/Sticky, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
|
 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
|
 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All bridged right now. |
|
 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
One blowdown close to the parking lot but you can walk around it. |
|
 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Pups should be fine. I didn't see any today unfortunately. |
|
 | Bugs: |
|
|
 | Lost and Found: |
|
|
|
|
|
 | Comments: |
I was the first car in the lot and the first person to summit and the trail was perfect. There was a good snowshoe track started but the snow was still soft. Snowshoes are definitely needed. Higher up the wind had erased the path but the trail is still easy to follow as the blazes are still visible. I re-broke the trail but the wind still managed to erase my tracks. On the descent I encountered a large group of youth with 2 leaders. All the kids were in micros and had destroyed the trail. It was a minefield of gouges and postholes that caught my snowshoes. I did my best to try to smooth it out but given they still had to descend the trail, anything I did will be trashed. Total bummer as the trail had been shaping up nicely. |
|
 | Name: |
Frankenfoot |
|
 | E-Mail: |
ukisukinaminanu@yahoo.com |
|
| Date Submitted: |
2020-01-03 |
|
 | Link: |
 https:// |
|
|
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. |
|
