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T.J.
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Parking:
Jose road is not plowed, but space for a few cars is cleared out at the intersection of Bennett St (the road) and Jose Rd. This adds about .6 each way.
Trails:
Jose road is used by snowmobiles and XC skiers mainly- it was mostly packed and can be bare-booted.
Bennett Street appeared to only be used by XC skiers. Somewhat packed, and relatively thin cover, especially in the evergreen stands. One water crossing was partially snow bridged, but not very stable, all others were frozen. We turned off the Gleason Trail (called the 'Gleason Cutoff' now).
Gleason Cutoff was untracked and was slow going. They have taken down the signs for the now closed upper part of the Gleason trail, but the entrance is not hidden. When we hit the Flat Mountain Pond trail, we turned around to sled back down but the trail wasn't packed enough (only 2 of us), so it was tough going.
Equipment: Snowshoes
Comments: Ambitions plans to go up Bennett Street to Sandwich Dome were dashed by a time limit. The southern Flat Mountain Pond trail head doesn't seem very popular with winter hikers, so I wouldn't expect hiking trails to be broken out if it hasn't recently snowed.
Jose road is not plowed, but space for a few cars is cleared out at the intersection of Bennett St (the road) and Jose Rd. This adds about .6 each way.
Trails:
Jose road is used by snowmobiles and XC skiers mainly- it was mostly packed and can be bare-booted.
Bennett Street appeared to only be used by XC skiers. Somewhat packed, and relatively thin cover, especially in the evergreen stands. One water crossing was partially snow bridged, but not very stable, all others were frozen. We turned off the Gleason Trail (called the 'Gleason Cutoff' now).
Gleason Cutoff was untracked and was slow going. They have taken down the signs for the now closed upper part of the Gleason trail, but the entrance is not hidden. When we hit the Flat Mountain Pond trail, we turned around to sled back down but the trail wasn't packed enough (only 2 of us), so it was tough going.
Equipment: Snowshoes
Comments: Ambitions plans to go up Bennett Street to Sandwich Dome were dashed by a time limit. The southern Flat Mountain Pond trail head doesn't seem very popular with winter hikers, so I wouldn't expect hiking trails to be broken out if it hasn't recently snowed.
