| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Low Aziscohos Mountain, Aziscohos Mountain, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Aziscohos Mountain Trail, bushwhack |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, January 10, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
About 30 yards north of the trailhead (the tree with all the stripies on it), there's an old logging landing area. As of my hike, that did not have any activity at it, there was no snowmobile activity, and no tracks of any sort. The entrance to that was plowed out off of the road, giving space for 2-3 cars to park comfortably off the road, and you won't be blocking access to anything. Who knows if they'll keep plowing that out once more snow comes. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Snow/Ice - Frozen Granular, Snow - Spring Snow |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
The trail is well blazed throughout, and well flagged at lower elevations. However, around the half mile mark there is a stretch that goes through a wide open previously logged area that is starting to fill in with whippy new growth and thorns. This stretch is much harder to follow, the footbed was not obvious and all the flaggings have been reduced to just their knots so they are much harder to spot. |
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 | Comments: |
I was able to follow a very old set of snowshoe tracks from the trailhead up to the Low summit. While there was an obvious set of tracks, I wouldn't call the trail broken, I kept having to break trail in the crusty spring like snow thanks to the warm weather. Boy does that Low summit have beautiful views.
Near the Low summit, there is the junction with the abandoned Towerman's Trail. To get over to the true summit, I started off down that abandoned trail, which quickly just turned into a proper bushwhack since the trail was basically non-existent. I angled slightly left, aiming for the saddle between the peaks. The woods were open enough throughout, despite the primarily pine growth up there; I never had any real trouble pushing through branches. The snow in the saddle and on the ascent of the main summit was very deep and tedious to work through. I kept aiming hiker's left of the true summit, trying to avoid some steep contour lines, and trying to hit the eastern ridge. Once up onto the summit ridge, I kept going a little further past where I was expecting to find the summit, until finally I found the summit tree with a piece of orange tape and the summit register jar. The jar was frozen shut. I followed my own tracks straight back out, since I'd had enough fun wading through that deep snow once.
Go get it while there's plowed out parking and a broken path!
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 | Name: |
Khiggs |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-01-11 |
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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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