Post by percypeaks on Aug 23, 2009 19:15:12 GMT -5
Here are a few items to tuck in with your maps or guidebook.
The Rowells Link trail between the Bald Mt. Trail and the Jimmy Cole Brook Road is clear of debris now. Just be sure to watch for blazes at junctions with old logging skidways.
The Headwaters Gate at mile 11 on the Nash Stream Road in the Nash Stream Forest has been upstaged by a new gate a mile south, one that is hospital green in color and sits to the left in a trail/road intersection near a camp. This is an unexpected turn of events, but means little. There is no Gadwah Notch Trail sign here however, it is still up at the far gate. We'll have to do something about that in the future.
The culvert through which Pike Brook use to run has been removed to allow the stream to run unrestricted. The state placed large stepping stones in the current, so the stream is easy to cross in moderate water levels.
There is one broken bog-bridge board in one spot early in the trek (from the south) on the East Side Trail in the Nash Stream Forest. Take care when crossing the grassy area where that board is located.
In the river just above the Nash Stream Road stringer bridge at mile 9 are two large boulders placed in the stream. They have changed the current a bit and the water has gouged out a small pool below. It is frothing with bubbles, like Devil's Jacuzzi, and should be a good spot to take a dip. Water was moderately cold but pleasant enough to stay in for five minutes the other day. Got clean? Yes, indeed.
Bushwhacked upstream from the fine Pond Brook Falls and followed the water course until its junction with Waterman Brook (if I remember the name correctly). I crossed Pond Brook just above the smaller stream on several boulders (didn't get wet despite good water flowage), and walked along Waterman Brook until it passed under Trio Ponds Road.
I got up on the road and walked into the woods a short distance to a drained beaver bog. I walked out into the bog and scanned the length of Long Mountain to get bearings for a future trail that might be permitted to allow the Cohos Trail Association to take the trail off the Nash Stream Road. I got a good look at the lay of the land and I think we could pass the bogs to the south, then deadhead south southeast to a low flank on the mountain, cross over, and reach a proposed flagged route on the other side that leads to Percy Loop campsite midway up North Percy Peak.
percypeaks
The Rowells Link trail between the Bald Mt. Trail and the Jimmy Cole Brook Road is clear of debris now. Just be sure to watch for blazes at junctions with old logging skidways.
The Headwaters Gate at mile 11 on the Nash Stream Road in the Nash Stream Forest has been upstaged by a new gate a mile south, one that is hospital green in color and sits to the left in a trail/road intersection near a camp. This is an unexpected turn of events, but means little. There is no Gadwah Notch Trail sign here however, it is still up at the far gate. We'll have to do something about that in the future.
The culvert through which Pike Brook use to run has been removed to allow the stream to run unrestricted. The state placed large stepping stones in the current, so the stream is easy to cross in moderate water levels.
There is one broken bog-bridge board in one spot early in the trek (from the south) on the East Side Trail in the Nash Stream Forest. Take care when crossing the grassy area where that board is located.
In the river just above the Nash Stream Road stringer bridge at mile 9 are two large boulders placed in the stream. They have changed the current a bit and the water has gouged out a small pool below. It is frothing with bubbles, like Devil's Jacuzzi, and should be a good spot to take a dip. Water was moderately cold but pleasant enough to stay in for five minutes the other day. Got clean? Yes, indeed.
Bushwhacked upstream from the fine Pond Brook Falls and followed the water course until its junction with Waterman Brook (if I remember the name correctly). I crossed Pond Brook just above the smaller stream on several boulders (didn't get wet despite good water flowage), and walked along Waterman Brook until it passed under Trio Ponds Road.
I got up on the road and walked into the woods a short distance to a drained beaver bog. I walked out into the bog and scanned the length of Long Mountain to get bearings for a future trail that might be permitted to allow the Cohos Trail Association to take the trail off the Nash Stream Road. I got a good look at the lay of the land and I think we could pass the bogs to the south, then deadhead south southeast to a low flank on the mountain, cross over, and reach a proposed flagged route on the other side that leads to Percy Loop campsite midway up North Percy Peak.
percypeaks