| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Caribou Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Logging road, unnamed trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, June 16, 2013 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Route 27 north from Eustis to Goldbrook Road. Bear left at 3.4 miles. Bear right at 8.5 miles. Road becomes Beaudry Road at 8.6 miles. At 12.6 there is a questionable bridge - passable, but a washout is forming. At 12.9, take a left onto West Branch Road. At 14.8, a small bridge has collapsed, requiring high clearance vehicles (or Ted Kennedy's team of lawyers). At 16.3 in a large clearing, take a right onto a much lesser used road. At 16.5, cross a small brook (if you made it over the bridge at 14.8, you can probably get over this). At 17.3 there is a fork, where we opted to park. We continued on foot on the left branch (it was quite soft in places, so it'd be a perfect place to get stuck). |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Bugs: |
Black flies were vexing in one or two places, but otherwise not bad. |
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 | Comments: |
The bulk of this walk was on logging road, portions of which were muddy (rain showers made things a little wet too). After the last old logging landing, it looked more like either a snowmobile trail or boundary swath (stuff cut maybe 6" off the ground)...a little wet in places, but otherwise smooth sailing to the height of land. We found a jar maybe 20 feet off the trail at a potential highpoint, but it cracked and dropped the register on the ground (wet and rotten). |
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 | Name: |
rocket21 |
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 | E-Mail: |
rocket21@franklinwebpublishing.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2013-06-16 |
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 | Link: |
 https://www.franklinsites.com/hikephotos/Maine/cariboumtn1-2013-0616.php |
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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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