RoySwkr
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Pine Bend is rarely plowed as there is no parking lot (unless one was built recently), usually folks park at Sabbathday Falls lot and walk or make a loop.
Note that if a truck with plow and wing goes by and the main road is in good shape, it takes only a few seconds extra to move over and widen the shoulder as one goes by - in fact the truck may actually be engaged in pushing back snowdrifts along the road so it takes no extra time at all.As the DOT crews get caught up (which may be as much as a day after a large storm), the plow crews normally go back and open up the wide spots and parking lots for hiker parking if they are under state control.
Plowing a lot with curbs etc. is much more trouble for the big trucks that are designed to plow main roads - backing up is considered a no-no so there's a lot of turning around somewhere else and coming back. The highway district office in Gilford used to be plowed by a private contractor as the state didn't have a small truck that could do it.
If I do the loop I park as Pine Bend Brk as no fee there