Ed'n Lauky
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All the trails except the Owl's head path have some mud. The mud on the Lincoln woods trail is of no significance at all. The Franconia Brook trail is in fairly good condition with some mud in the area of the beaver dam bypass. The Lincoln Brook trail has mud here and there all the way to the Owl's Head path.
Considering you are in a wilderness area, there are relatively few blowdowns on these trails and except for the Owl's Head Path, nothing of any significance.
The Franconia Brook and Lincoln Brook were running a bit high. No doubt some may try to rock hop, but I had my sandals with me and simply put them on and walked across. I left the sandals on for the .4 mile between the two brooks. There was some significant mud in one section which got the feet dirty, but it didn't matter since they would soon be washed off again. Lauky seemed to love cooling down with a good swim across the brooks.
There is presently no cairn at the turn off for the Owl's Head path but the arrow still marks the tree on the right where you turn. It comes at a relatively flat open area. There is a tree down right there that makes a nice bench.
It seems to me that the herd trail at the top gets easier to follow every time I go up there. A few years ago there were many more blowdowns to get across or around than I encountered this time. Even the newer trail from the old summit to the new summit is getting easier to follow. It takes about ten minutes, give or take a couple, to get from the old to the new summit. Although, if you haven't been up there before you may have difficulty knowing when you reach the old summit which is marked only be a small clearing that could be confused with a another small clearing a bit before that one.
The slide itself hasn't changed much. Care needs to be taken not to slip on the very steep terrain with the loose stones. One especially needs to be careful about kicking loose rocks down on those below.
I would recommend taking a pole or poles at least for the stream crossings. I would also recommend taking sandals for the crossings. They weigh next to nothing and take any worry out of making the crossing and the feet feel great after the cooling down.
Be careful though not to slip on the slippery submerged rocks.
Considering you are in a wilderness area, there are relatively few blowdowns on these trails and except for the Owl's Head Path, nothing of any significance.
The Franconia Brook and Lincoln Brook were running a bit high. No doubt some may try to rock hop, but I had my sandals with me and simply put them on and walked across. I left the sandals on for the .4 mile between the two brooks. There was some significant mud in one section which got the feet dirty, but it didn't matter since they would soon be washed off again. Lauky seemed to love cooling down with a good swim across the brooks.
There is presently no cairn at the turn off for the Owl's Head path but the arrow still marks the tree on the right where you turn. It comes at a relatively flat open area. There is a tree down right there that makes a nice bench.
It seems to me that the herd trail at the top gets easier to follow every time I go up there. A few years ago there were many more blowdowns to get across or around than I encountered this time. Even the newer trail from the old summit to the new summit is getting easier to follow. It takes about ten minutes, give or take a couple, to get from the old to the new summit. Although, if you haven't been up there before you may have difficulty knowing when you reach the old summit which is marked only be a small clearing that could be confused with a another small clearing a bit before that one.
The slide itself hasn't changed much. Care needs to be taken not to slip on the very steep terrain with the loose stones. One especially needs to be careful about kicking loose rocks down on those below.
I would recommend taking a pole or poles at least for the stream crossings. I would also recommend taking sandals for the crossings. They weigh next to nothing and take any worry out of making the crossing and the feet feel great after the cooling down.
Be careful though not to slip on the slippery submerged rocks.
