Big Spencer Mountain - Big Spencer Trail - 9-23-2011

Hiking Trail Conditions Report
	Peaks	Big Spencer Mountain, ME

	Trails:	Big Spencer Trail

	Date of Hike:	Friday, September 23, 2011

	Parking/Access Road Notes:	Official sign for Big Spencer at the turn-off road leading to trailhead. See www.nhmountainhiking.com for road directions. Dirt parking lot on left marked with large sign for Big Spencer Preserve.

	Surface Conditions:	Mud - Significant

	Recommended Equipment:

	Water Crossing Notes:	one boggy section just before steep section

	Trail Maintenance Notes:	Two Maine state workers constructed over 30 large water bar-trenches with Kobota heavy equipment. They cleared the trail (a woods road)all the way up to the now demolished firewarden's cabin

	Dog-Related Notes:	None encountered. Several steep ledges & ladders on trail above cabin.

	Bugs:	a few mosquitoes in parking lot.

	Lost and Found:


	Comments:	True summit is a very thick bushwhack 0.2 mile south of the open ledge where communications equipment is located (we did not get far before aborting). You can see the summit from the ledge. Building atop tower has been removed.

	Name:	Dick Widhu

	E-Mail:	rwidhu@gmail.com

	Date Submitted:	2011-09-24

	Link:	https://www.nhmountainhiking.com
		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.