| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Saddleback Mountain, Saddleback Mountain - The Horn, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Uphill Access Trail, Saddleback Spur, Appalachian Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, February 15, 2026 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Ice - Blue, Snow - Packed Powder/Loose Granular, Ice - Breakable Crust, Snow - Unpacked Powder, Snow - Drifts |
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 | Recommended Equipment: |
Snowshoes, Light Traction, Skis |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Good amount of blow downs in the col, but all pretty small |
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 | Comments: |
Truly lovely day to pop up above treeline. I skinned up the uphill route, left skis by the ski patrol hut, and switched to boots and snowshoes for the out and back. Saddleback was a mix of ice, hard cardboard snow, and bare rock. I saw a couple ski tracks and they looked very un-fun. I followed a set of fresh snowshoe tracks for a bit but they unfortunately lost the trail and turned around pretty quickly. Trail coming down from saddleback was drifty and deep mixed with a couple icy ledges and a few dozen yards of sheets of thick glare ice (spikes might have been better here but I didn't feel like swapping). The trail down in the col was a little hard to follow. More heavily laden trees and blowdowns but nothing crazy. Definitely wandered into couple of up to my waist spruce traps and had to crawl under trees a few times. There was an old snowshoe pack underneath the drifts which made the going fairly easy. The way up horn was a lot of well packed cardboard snow with some shallow drifty bits. |
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 | Name: |
Salamander |
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| Date Submitted: |
2026-02-15 |
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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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