| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Red Rock Mountain, Butters Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Miles Notch Trail, Red Rock Trail, Great Brook Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Thursday, May 12, 2011 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Small Patches, Standing/Running Water on Trail |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
No problems with water crossings. |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
It should be noted that the sign is missing at the trailhead for the Miles Notch Trail. The trail begins directly opposite a small grassy parking area. The trailhead for the Great Brook Trail is a few hundred feet farther down on Hut Road. The trailhead sign for that trail is NOT missing! |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
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 | Bugs: |
Minimal |
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 | Lost and Found: |
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 | Comments: |
This was a 10.3 mile loop which was hiked in a counterclockwise manner, starting with the Miles Notch Trail, progressing to the Red Rock Trail, and completing the loop via the Great Brook Trail.
It is difficult for me to come up with an effective way of providing a detailed description of the trail conditions encountered during this hike. We completed the hike, and thus it's obviously possible to traverse the trails named above! However, it should be said that there are several places where the trail corridor is not well-defined and is difficult to follow. Also, each of the trails have blowdowns, plus some segments that are very overgrown. And, since large portions of this loop are in a Wilderness area, blazing is prohibited which presents some challenges when the trail corridor is ill-defined.
There was a wide-range of conditions encountered along the treadway. There were large segments of dry trail, some occasional muddy spots, and even a few lingering patches of snow here and there.
Some photos taken during this hike are contained at my BLOG (link below).
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 | Name: |
1HappyHiker |
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 | E-Mail: |
randonneur AT yahoo DOT com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-05-13 |
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 | Link: |
 https://1happyhiker.blogspot.com/2011/05/preliminary-report-loop-hike-in-caribou.html |
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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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