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Peaks
Peaks North Crocker Mountain, ME
Trails
Trails: Appalachian Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, January 24, 2016
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: The Appalachian Trailhead was not plowed but the throughway was packed from cars. I carefully parked to the side, but did not park properly for fear of getting stuck in the snow. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes:  
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: A few blowdowns that were easy to step over with snowshoes 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: It was a beautiful, clear day so I planned on attempting North and South Crocker. I left from the AT parking lot on Route 27 and found the first mile and a half packed. About a mile in I switched from microspikes to alpine snowshoes as I was tired of the slippage. The rest of the route was unpacked, only a few inches down low but knee high in places near the summit. I was thoroughly exhausted by the time I reach North Crocker and since the trail between the peaks was also not broken out I decided to leave it for another day. The trail should be fairly well packed now with freezing overnight, so take advantage of it and laugh at the places where I fell (I even did a faceplant in the middle of the trail). I will follow up with a full trail report on my blog.  
Name
Name: maine-wanderlust.com 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2016-01-24 
Link
Link: https://maine-wanderlust.com 
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