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Peaks
Peaks North Pack Monadnock, NH
Trails
Trails: Carolyn's Trail, bushwhacks, Cliff Trail, unnamed trail, Ted's Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Fairly busy at the trailhead late morning, but just one other car when we returned. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few blowdowns on Ted's and Carolyn's. The latter also has a newly-signed and short "wet weather bypass" which parallels the main trail. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Sure. 
Bugs
Bugs: Nope. 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: We carried out one empty water bottle, a mylar balloon (found while bushwhacking, naturally), and a sweatshirt. 
 
Comments
Comments: A beautiful day to be on this peak, with cool temps and sunny skies. On the ascent, we zig-zagged back and forth between Ted's and Carolyn's, bushwhacking through open woods and finding a nice off-trail ledge with a view to Lyndeborough Ridge. Once up near the top, we visited the cliff first and then the summit. The summit cairn has been rearranged a bit to be less tomb-like. By whom, I don't know.

Ted's has a thick layer of fresh leaves right now, which made a couple of turns confusing as well as being a bit slippery in spots. There a few tiny areas of stagnant water, otherwise it's very dry here. Foliage is mostly down, but some pockets of color remain for now. Despite the busy trailhead, we only encountered a few people on trail.  
Name
Name: KenM 
E-Mail
E-Mail: kmacgray@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2020-10-08 
Link
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