| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Saddleback Mountain, Saddleback Mountain - The Horn, ME |
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Ski trails, Saddleback Spur Trail, Appalachian Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, February 11, 2017 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Plenty in the upper lot, the lower one was filled with skiers and boarders when I left |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Comments: |
First one up for the day at 8am. Punching through the crust for the first 1/2 mile up the ski hill but it got blessedly firm higher up. Lots of wind and had to put on over pants on the way up. No tracks you can see a few cairns to the top of Saddleback. After that it's a leap of faith. Slid down off the second bump, in winter its better to straight through to the open hard packed terrain. Then you follow the hard pack trending right. I again poked through the tree line and hit the normal drop off the rock band and onto the flats. Managed to find the opening on the normal trail that takes you through the next tree band then skirted right along a ledge and then was home free to the top. Don't depend on any tracks, mine were gone as soon as I turned around in the open and were only visible in the tree bands on the way back. I had shot an azimuth in case of whiteout and almost needed it on the top of Saddleback. Lots of skiers and boarders hiking up on snowshoes on the way down. |
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 | Name: |
Little Brown Mushroom |
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 | E-Mail: |
camosteve955@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2017-02-11 |
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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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