| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Singepole Mountain (Paris), ME |
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 | Trails: |
Singepole Mountain Trail, shortcut |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, April 16, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Roadside parking as the guidebook describes. Room for a car or two. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The trail is not marked or signed. See notes below. Easy to follow since it’s a road though. I don’t recall any blowdowns. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
I wouldn’t since this is on private property. |
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 | Bugs: |
None |
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 | Lost and Found: |
None |
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 | Comments: |
4th redline of the day. In about 0.1mi from the jct of Brett Hill Rd and Durrell Hill Rd, the road turns left and an eroded old road continues ahead with a sign saying “access by permission only”. I reread the guidebook’s description of the trail and this was most certainly where I was supposed to go. The sign had a number on it so I decided to call it and ask for permission. The conversation was brief and the individual I spoke with didn’t seem particularly interested in having a conversation but the they were clearly okay with hikers being on the road. My guess is that the sign is there to prevent snowmobiles and ATVs. Use your own judgement and maybe call the number yourself, but again, based on what the man said to me in brief, he has no problem with hikers on this road.
Shortly before reaching the big, red garage (I don’t recall any residence) there’s a couple of old foundations on your left. The sign that says “Cornell” was not there but I think may have been at the start of the road by the “access by permission only” sign instead. The old ATV trail/road was very eroded and wet in spots but is relatively gradual. Like the guidebook says, many other roads go off of it but if you stay to the most eroded one, you should be good. The quarry was cool. Flooded out the trail in a spot. As it comes to the ledges here, it’s a little more difficult to determine which one is the main trail but if you have a bearing as to where the ledge is, it should be easy. At another jct where you aren’t sure if you should continue up ahead or turn right, turn right to descend into the woods as the guidebook describes. It appeared that continuing straight would take you to the true summit. Once you emerge onto the large ledge from the other side of the woods, the view is pretty marvelous!
On the way down, I took the shortcut described in the guidebook (which is shown on Gaia from the ridge for a ways but stops short of reconnecting with the ATV road below although in reality it does) which wasn’t all that steep. I followed the trail back to my car and Gaia called it 3mi, 600ft of gain, 1hr15min (Gaia has it at only 400ft of gain presumably because they have the elevation of Brett Hill Rd and Durrell Hill Rd incorrect at 900ft when it’s closer to 700ft). |
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 | Name: |
Liam Cooney |
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 | E-Mail: |
liamcooney96@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-04-20 |
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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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