| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Tumbledown Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Loop Trail, Tumbledown Ridge Trail, Parker Ridge Trail, Little Jackson Connector, road walk |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, June 7, 2019 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Byron to Weld Rd is in good shape, one car in the Brook Trail lot at 7 am, 5 or 6 when I returned at noon. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All hoppable |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Trails in good shape and well-blazed. |
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 | Bugs: |
Kind of a nuisance on the descent, but compared to last week on Rattle River Trail it was nothing. |
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 | Comments: |
Got an unexpected morning to kill, headed to my favorite small mountain. Parked at the Brook Trail lot, walked up the road to the Loop Trail. Loop Trail is awesomely steep and rugged, with good rock scrambling at the top and a fun fissure to crawl through. Mud was minimal, and weather was fantastic. Had the summits to myself, sat by the pond and had lunch in the sun for half an hour or so. There were no airplane contrails, no lawnmowers, no cars, no noise at all except the call of birds and the gurgle of the stream. I could have been the only person in the world; it was pretty sweet. I had never taken Parker Ridge before, so I headed down that way. Real nice trail, heads up over an open ridge, then takes a relatively moderate descent back to Brook Trail lot. Easier footing than Loop or Brook Trail, and if ascending this trail the view down to the pond is really nice. Awesome morning, saw five folks on my way out, other than that saw no one all morning. |
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 | Name: |
K Mo |
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| Date Submitted: |
2019-06-07 |
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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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