| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Elephant Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Logging roads, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, August 28, 2020 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
None |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
Excellent weather for this hike. I parked approximately 1.1 miles down the Elephant Road at a fork in road. I veered right on the logging road eventually taking a hard left shortly after the 3rd exposed culvert. Following this grassy road eventually came across an evergreen with a ribbon at which point the ascent towards the summit began following an old skidder path. Approaching the summit this ends becoming virtually a solid wall of young evergreens and blowdowns. On the descent I took a herdpath down over incredible amounts of slash which extremely tedious to cross over. This hike was a clockwise loop. If I was hiking it again. It would be an out and back of the ascent avoiding the slash entirely. I noticed bear scat on way up and much more on the return. The summit book is 75 percent full. Elephant trunks,spatula and knife are at the summit |
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 | Name: |
Scottb |
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 | E-Mail: |
mainebeefman@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2020-08-28 |
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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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