| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Sugarloaf Mountain, Spaulding Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Ski trails, Sugarloaf Side Trail, Appalachian Trail, Spaulding Side Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, December 6, 2018 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Easy parking at the Ski resort. $10 Uphill pass required. Worth every penny! |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow - Unpacked Powder |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Numerous blowdowns, bend-overs, hangers and face-slappers on the section between the 2 peaks. There are 3-4 sections which are quite overgrown on the AT and they are really hard to get through in the current conditions. I removed numerous branches and a couple of places I literally had to saw my way through. Plenty to work on for others who care to bring a saw (I recommend it) and there will be plenty of clean-up come Spring. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Dogs not allowed on the ski-trails and I would recommend not bringing dogs on the AT section. Conditions are simply too difficult. |
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 | Comments: |
Sugarloaf ski trails (Toteroad), Sugarloaf Side tr., AT
Wonderful conditions on the ski-trails. The Sugarloaf Side trail and the AT is a different story (see Trail Maintenance Section).
Upon entering the Side trail I saw signs of post-holing and was thinking "wouhh - somebody has post-holed all the way to Spaulding". Upon closer inspection those were moose-tracks and they disappeared a few hundred feet into the woods. After that - no sign of any activity. Trail-breaking not terribly hard as the snow is crusted and pretty solid. Breaking through 3-4" at the most except for a few sections around blowdowns and some steeper sections.
The trail corridor is quite obvious for the most part - except for the 3-4 overgrown sections - and there are visible blazes all the way. I only lost the trail a couple of places (much better than I expected) and they were only very short detours. |
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 | Name: |
LongMark |
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 | E-Mail: |
perfrost@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2018-12-08 |
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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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