Trails Used

bushwhack

Trail Conditions

Notes

From parking spot, we walked to the end of the road (which is driveable if you got that far already) then up into the woods. Good woods with a couple old skidder paths and some horizontal ATV/sno mo roads. A pretty unremarkable whack. No jar at the summit though there was a beer can nailed to a tree that gave me home momentarily. We descended more southerly aiming straight for the parking spot, hitting a good old road for awhile. Got wet close to the road.

Parking

This is mostly a driving report. We drove the spur road to the east of the peak off of Cedar Brook Rd in an AWD Rav4. There was recent logging activity, which meant a ton of bark debris in the road at a few spots. Road was OK until the 90 degree turn north where it becomes really overgrown - both the center line and leaning branches from the sides so my car was plowing branches - would not recommend attempting this stretch. We ended up parking at the landing where the road turns NW as I didn't want to press my luck any further. If I were doing this again, I'd park at the 90 degree turn in the spur road and beeline straight for the summit (there's a junction and room to park a car), since driving the last bit of it was bad and didn't really help much with the hike.

Wildlife

not bad

Trails Used

Atv roads, bushwhack

Trail Conditions

Notes

This mountain is on the NH500 list but has a house near the top and gated driveway. One way up is a 4.5 mile round trip hike and bushwhack from the trail to the SE. The roads are certainly driveable as others reported doing, but were narrow and signed for atvs, and the gate is locked right now. It was a pleasant enough hike and jog back, just a disappointing summit, as expected.

Parking

Parked next to gate off 110 A, 0.7 miles east of 110 B. Gate was locked so I had to walk from there.

Water Crossings

None