Haystack Road to North Twin Trailhead - how far?

[Mark_Goodearl]

According to the WMNF's road status web page this road is still closed. Can someone tell me how long the approach is from the gate to the trailhead? Thanks!

If this info is posted elsewhere here I haven't been able to find it.

 

[poison ivy]

The trailhead is 2.5 miles down Haystack Road.

- Ivy

 

[Mark_Goodearl]

The trailhead is 2.5 miles down Haystack Road.

- Ivy

Thanks! I guess I'll wait until the road opens - I wonder when that will be?

 

[NH_Mtn_Hiker]

You can park at the end of Little River Road and follow the snowmobile trail/crosscountry ski trail across the bridge to Haystack Road. This is the Winter route, it cuts about 1-1.5 miles off the walk to the trailhead.

 

[MichaelJ]

Parking at the end of Little River Road is private property, so you'd want permission before doing that. Plus, that snowmobile route has some wicked wet and muddy areas.

Haystack Road always opens later than the others - something about it doesn't drain the water as well as the other area roads and so it tends to stay soft for longer. Sending cars down a soft road would pretty much destroy it, so they just wait longer to open it.

 

[Mark_Goodearl]

Parking at the end of Little River Road is private property...
Haystack Road always opens later than the others...

I'll just wait until they open the road. In your experience, roughly when does it open? Considering it's now June, I can't imagine it will be too much further out. Thank you for the information!

 

[MichaelJ]

Um ... I think it was mid-June last year. I just remember that it didn't make Memorial Day last year, either. And I know it opened later than June 7th in '03 from one of my own trip reports.

 

[Mark_Goodearl]

Haystack Rd. now open

Haystack Road is now OPEN "Some shoulders are soft and have been staked, users should proceed with caution."

 

[Raymond]

Regarding that bridge near the end of Little River Road, when I was there on May 13, the bridge had a chain link fence across it. It was easy enough to slip around and use the bridge, but does anyone know why it was blocked?

 

[bobandgeri]

Don't think we have seen anyone posting this yet - but we drove by Haystack Road Saturday and it is now open.

 

[MichaelJ]

Raymond - the end of Little River Road is all private property, which is why I'd suspect the fence is there.

 

[nartreb]

If this info is posted elsewhere here I haven't been able to find it.

The information is online here (thanks largely to previous Q&A threads here on VFTT)

PS as Mark G said, Haystack Road is open but "soft shoulders... proceed with caution"
WMNF road status page