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Peaks
Peaks Snow Mountain (Chain of Ponds), ME
Trails
Trails: Snow Mountain Trail
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Drove to the summer start point w/2wd. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Ice - Black, Snow - Trace/Minimal Depth, Wet Trail, Ice - Blue, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment: Light Traction 
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Bridges are all good. Sometimes the trail itself was like a river. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: This trail is a mess. Lots of blowdown. Lots of errosion/running water. Logging interference. Minimal markings.  
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes:  
Bugs
Bugs:  
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: I followed the main trail to a cairn where the trail goes left and a path that looks like a river (!) goes straight. I took the path/river to a junction, where you go straight at a cairn. This led to the pond. There was lots of ice and standing water on the trail near the pond. A very desecrate path, marked by a yellow arrow, leaves on the right. This is marked by ribbons. I lost the path at some cuts/skid road and ended up bushwhacking about a half of a mile until I rejoined it. The woods were not too bad, but wet. The path had lots of blue flow ice. On the way down I was able to keep the path. You cross cuts and a fair around of blowdown.

This was a steal for a calendar winter assent of this peak. If the road is gated, you add 10 mi rt. I had tried it last Feb solo, when the road was gated and it was a 20mi. rt., but had to give up due to snow-depth. Given that disappointment, a break was not a bad thing.  
Name
Name: zporterColdRiverCampCook 
E-Mail
E-Mail: zap88@tds.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2015-12-23 
Link
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