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So a few days ago I set out to climb Doublehead ( in the Squam Range ) , with a goal of visiting Mt Squam.
http://www.rockybranchdreams.com/index.php/trip-reports/106-2016-05-26-doublehead
I reached both Doublehead peaks, but turned back on the walk out to Squam, partly tired and partly too late in the day.
That was a good decision at the time, but ... I hate not reaching a target 
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Today I got out a little earlier, and thought I'd try to reach Squam again, this time from the Mt Percival trail.
This is weird ... I don't know whether I made it. Doh!
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This Doublehead is in the Squam Range, off Rt 113, overlooking Squam Lake..
The more familiar parts of this range include Mt.s Morgan and Percival, which are linked to West & East Doublehead via the Crawford-Ridgepole Trail.
Trailhead was very easy to find: From the 25/113 junction in Holderness, go about 8 miles on 113, look for Thompson Rd (dirt) on the left. There is a road sign at the intersection.
The directions from my usual online sources were a bit out of date; Thompson Rd has been improved to the point where you can drive in ( slowly, the road is passable but rough) off Rt 113 to a very nice parking area.Very pleasant surprise to avoid a .9 mile (each way) road walk ! :)
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Second part of a two-fer. Sentinel and Bayle are both a nuisance to get to. Take a look at the Trail Bandit map - lots of twisty little roads, all alike *1
Also kind of out of the way for me and I hate driving.
They're both smallish but reputed to have good views. So made sense to do them both in one trip, right?
So ... finished up on Sentinel, hopped on ( in ) my trusty steed and HiHo Silver CRV! Away!
The trailhead is a little perplexing to find. The Trail Bandit Map shows a couple of roads leading to snowmobile trails, from which the Bayle Mountain Trail leads.
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Sentinel Mountain in the Ossipees has been sort of interesting for a while, but I've been putting it off for various reasons.
The biggest was simply the apparent maze of back roads and unknown parking.
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But I had some extra time and decided today was the day.
It wasn't too hard to find the trailhead, though I missed the sign for the trail.
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I've been eying this for a couple of years, particularly since a trip last year over Tate Mtn.
So today I decided to go.
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So a little research and a quick drive to trailhead. This was a little hard to find; for some reason the Canaan Rd sign was tipped over and I didnt see it.
But eventually I got on track. There is a hump in Canaan Rd that must give the road agent the willies in winter. It's almost like a carnival ride - whoops, there goes my stomach! Need to bring my bike up here sometime....