| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
 | Peaks |
Elephant Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Elephant Mountain Road, herd path, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked at the bottom off South Arm road, a paved road. Elephant Mtn Rd could be driven by a Jeep perhaps but is extremely eroded. Google maps took me on Garland Pond and Lones Road coming from Tumbledown, these were terrible and was going 5 mph. South arm is nothing like that. Black Cat road running on the south side of the lake is a private road, so that was out of the question to get back to NH, and I stuck to paved roads all the way back. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
None |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Caniste, summit sign, and elephant trunks in good condition. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Should be fine. |
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 | Bugs: |
Yes |
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 | Lost and Found: |
Packed out one plastic bottle from herd path. |
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 | Comments: |
I was the 10th sign-in this year on this NE100 highest peak. Thanks to the other recent reports on here which were super helpful. The road running along the 2400’ contour was more overgrown than I expected like over my head saplings in places, thigh-high grass mostly (and ticks). The herd path is marked with a cairn, (no flagging) and heads straight up 60 degrees NE, it was good until 3200’, where it became a true bushwhack, but pretty much on the same bearing. I picked a good route to the left and didn’t run into many blowdowns. I took the same route down. The whole hike ended up being 7.3 miles, 2,179 feet of gain, and took 3 hours, 15 minutes. |
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 | Name: |
Carl G |
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 | E-Mail: |
calxjohnson@gmail.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-07-17 |
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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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