| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Elephant Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Logging road, herd path, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked here: 44°45.505'N, 70°46.587'W
Elephant Mtn Rd has no sign at the start but is just after Clearwater Brook if heading west on South Arm Rd. The road was rough in a few places and had a couple high culverts to get over that might be a problem with a car. My Rav4 handled everything fine |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
I crossed one small easy brook, you might not come to this spot though |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
No official trail. I lost the herd paths and just bushwhacked to the summit |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Some of the bushwhack portions could be hard for them to push through |
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 | Bugs: |
Some at the parking area |
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 | Comments: |
Followed the logging road the cairn and went into the woods on the herd path. Stayed on it for a while (some small cairns), but eventually lost it after a possible split where the path seemed to peter out in both directions. Bushwhacked straight to the summit mostly though some very thick stuff (bad route). At the summit I tried following a path down, but lost that too. Picked a better route back to the last place I knew I was on a herd path headed up. A moose spent lots of time at the summit area and it is literally a field of moose poop up there |
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 | Name: |
sdways01 |
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 | E-Mail: |
sdways01atyahoodotcom |
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| Date Submitted: |
2015-06-18 |
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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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