| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Old Speck Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Old Speck Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
A good number of cars in the lot when we arrived at 1pm. Plenty of parking in the AT lot. Lot is plowed and wasn't icy. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow/Ice - Postholes |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Water crossings are frozen |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
No pups today but saw their tracks |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
NA |
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 | Comments: |
Great day on the trails. Late start of 1pm. Saw one snowshoes and about 4 barebooters. Half of the hike you could maybe get away with spikes only but top half could use some snowshoe love (barebooter today didn't do much to help pack things down, just chopped things up a bit). Should be packed down soon with some more snowshoes traffic. There was some pretty icy spots down low but nothing not easily managed with spikes or mountaineering snowshoes. Nice sunset coming down. Ran in to two skiers earlier in the day who hopefully had a good (short) run down the drainage. First ME 4k in winter for us. |
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 | Name: |
Sidehill and Pop Tart |
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 | E-Mail: |
Jenniferm.clark85@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2022-01-22 |
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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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