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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Whitecap Mountain (Piscataquis County), ME
Trails
Trails: Frenchtown Road, bushwhack, Appalachian Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Sunday, March 17, 2019
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Oh, boy. Access was difficult. From the end of Roach Pond to West Branch Pond Camps was all solid ice. 5 mph with tire chains. Space for a couple of vehicles, but you need to be able to turn around and get back up the iced hill. No cell service if things go wrong. White knuckle drive. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Snowshoes, Skis 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: All Bridged 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: Few minor blowdowns 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Late week thaw froze solid overnight on Saturday. This was the one of the few trips this winter we weren't sinking in crazy powder. Used skis about 3 miles in. Then snowshoes. Stayed on top of snow! As was common for us this winter, the snow was up over the cut of the trail with elevation, so we were bushwhacking even if we were on the trail. We were glad we had a gps track of the trail from a summer hike. We saw few blazes after Logan Brook Shelter. Even with gps, impossible to tell if we were on the trail or not. The shelter had about six feet of snow on the roof. Our bushwhack saved almost a mile each way. 12.8 miles total.  
Name
Name: Frosty & Magoo 
E-Mail
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Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2019-03-18 
Link
Link: https://www.robertpottle.com/outside/ 
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