| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Crocker Mountain, South Crocker Mountain, Mt. Redington, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Appalachian Trail, bushwhacks |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, March 5, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
The snow has pulled back from the side of the road so you can get well off at the summer at shoulder |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Light Traction |
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 | Comments: |
Deja vu all over again. We wanted to take advantage of last weeks wanderings, knowing that there had been only more rain, a hard freeze and little new snow. There was a good granular crust the whole way. Some one had been in last week to North Brother from the At side packing things nicely and we had our tracks from last week on the AT to South and on the Redington Bushwhack. I made a rookie mistake coming down off the second plateau off South going straight and then cutting to far left. I realized it when I saw Spaulding and Abraham to my front and we corrected and came out on the snowmobile trail about 1/2 mile from our familiar bushwhack point. Wayne got us back up on to that plateau on our return nicely and then we just had to walk out. Very cold start, although we were in the trees all day not a lot of warm up or the ability to stop. Footbed is 2-3 feet about the norm so ate a lot of spruce and took a lot of head knocks. 8th time on the ridge in the last calendar year. Beginning to feel like home. |
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 | Name: |
Little Brown Mushroom and Waynald |
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 | E-Mail: |
camosteve955@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-03-06 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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