| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Mt. Battie, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Carriage Trail, Tablelands Trail, Carriage Road Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, November 27, 2011 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Trailhead 1.3 miles up Rte 52 from junction with Rte 1 in downtown Camden - located on right of Rte 52, parking is along street, room for 3-4 cars. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant, Snow/Ice - Small Patches, Standing/Running Water on Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
All crossed on wood bridges |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Second Bridge on Carriage Trail is sitting pretty low to the water. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
An easy hike for the canines saw one out today on the trails and several that had come up the auto road. |
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 | Bugs: |
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 | Lost and Found: |
lightweight charcoal gray jacket was hanging on trail head sign. |
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 | Comments: |
An easy 2.8 mile loop to Mt. Battie. Though cloudy it was nice to be up there at a time without cars. Trails were very wet and muddy with running water most of the way up and down - mostly 1/2 inch of water but several places with water/mud was several inches deep. Some water could be avoided some you just have to plow through.
NOTE: On carriage trail at the top of the first upslope the trail takes a sharp left turn that is not very obvious. Where the trail turns there is a stream that is just to your right and a large tree with a blaze on the left - the trail turns left around this tree. At this point, there is an obvious path straight ahead that is blocked with branshes but there is a blue blaze clearly visible up this blocked path. I follwed the tracks of others before me up towards this blaze through lots of blowdowns over/across and through streams following a line of other blue blazes up through the small shallow valley - this stretch does meet back up with the reloated section - once I got through this I backtracked down the actual trail to figure out where I had gotten off the trail - there is a relocation at the point described above. The trail turns sharp left and heads around the tree - head this way through a wet patch with a few blowdowns and you'll run across the blazes - the trail runs up and along edge of the shallow valley keeping you out of the water. |
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 | Name: |
Brian from Maine |
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 | E-Mail: |
brobert1@maine.rr.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2011-11-27 |
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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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