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This is a property of type Text. This holds comments from a trail trip report focusing on the conditions of the trail. Not to be confused with Property:Hike Comment which holds general comments about the hike.
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Beautiful snowy morning. But yet again, not frozen. Waterfall was flowing well. +
Everything appeared to be in pretty good shape. A few spots of the trail were a little skinny with some growth on the sides, but certainly passable. +
Trails were in good condition. No problems noted. +
The stream and falls had plenty of water. There were some blow downs and some damage to the stream along the trail due to recent rain. There was a group working on the trail as we were finishing up. +
Trail was in good shape +
Trail was in really good shape. We were able to rock hop across the stream crossing. +
Comments are for the Overlook Trail in Laurel Run Park since it does not have its own wiki page. Not formally recognized as a trail beyond a sign at the lower junction. The path is passable through the two blowdowns, but the dirt tread can be slippery if steep and damp. +
Trail follows a former forest road for the first part. Lopped encroaching small trees and growth to open up the path as I hiked. Trail was soft in places due to last night’s heavy rain. Crossing the stream is a bit of a scramble down and back up. Yellow blazes are faint as have not been painted in years. +
No evidence of recent trail maintenance with some blowdowns and small trees encroaching the path. Needs better signs at intersections to follow the entire loop. +
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Maple Arches Trail past the first beach has clearly not had any maintenance in recent times. I quit counting blowdowns after exceeding a couple dozen, clearing one. Most can be stepped over, but several require completely leaving the trail to pass around. An appropriately trained chainsaw sawyer will be needed. As a loop trail, the design is to first follow the shoreline and then return higher up the hillside. One collapsed section will need to be formally rerouted. +
Trail was technical but no abnormal problems. +
The upper trail section is very rocky (good for those with nimble feet) but appears an excellent trail crew is making improvements. +
At the time I hiked the trail in October 2022, it was not fully open so I walked about five miles in from the Mendota trailhead. As noted, there is essentially no cell service on this end of the trail. While it is an easy walk, go with a friend. Grade is gradual throughout on this end. The trail is wide and clear. There are multiple tresses to cross of varying lengths. On the day of the hike, there was a cycling event and the trail is well suited for bikes. Being a rails to trails systems, the views are mostly valley views which were beautiful in October. +
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The trail was in good condition for most of it. There were 11 blowdowns across the trail, but it is January and they were all passable. There was also snow/ice on the trail at the higher elevations. +
A classic walk in the forest with switchbacks in place to manage rainwater. Could be busier if the disc golf course was active. +
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This path was the easiest of the day, but due to lack of clear signs I turned around too early. Later hiked the missing piece to seek the geocache due to poor cell phone signal but did not collect a track. Clear except for one blowdown which was challenging the strollers and bikes. +
The trail contains a variety of treads from rocky to steep to level forest walk to overgrown. If back in area again soon, I’d probably start trail maintenance efforts here to open up the overgrown path and replace/add silver diamond markers to help first-time visitors understand the route. +
There are a significant amount of alternate routes and spur trails. They are even all marked with the red blazes. +
a few easy to pass blowdowns +
Back end that connects to Domtar Lodge is soggy +