| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Redington, ME |
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 | Trails: |
Logging roads |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Parked before metal bridge on CVR. Cars cannot get beyond this point now. Beware of a large sinkhole on the CVR about 1.8 miles from ME 27. It was small a few days ago but got a lot bigger by Aug 11 due to recent heavy rains. Cars can still get past it, but drive slowly and carefully. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
No signs but some cairns and wooden arrows on the ground. In addition, someone has put up orange or pink plastic tape in places that help you spot turns, although tape in some places can be confusing because it's there for other reasons. |
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 | Bugs: |
No major problems |
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 | Comments: |
There is a good trail to the summit of Redington, if you can find it, and you will if you follow the good directions on Adrian Payeur's website (http://adrianpayeur.com/Redington.php) and also consult the August 1, 2010 trip report on Andrew Lavigne's website (http://alavigne.net/Outdoors/ImageGallery/2010/08-01-Redington/). It took me 2 hrs. 25 mins. from metal bridge to summit. The first right turn described in Adrian's directions is just after the 7-mile marker on the CVR. Given that this route to Redington is so easy, I can't see why anyone would try to bushwhack from South Crocker. The white summit canister with the previous (wrong) elevation of Redington is still there but somewhat difficult to find. In the summit clearing, look for a cairn by a metal bar in the ground. There was a stove pipe on top of the cairn yesterday. At this point a side trail (marked by orange tape) leads a few feet to the canister, which is on a tree. The 2012 edition of the AMC Maine Mountain Guide doesn't even mention the existence of Redington, except in the 4000-footer list. It also provides no map of the area, although the previous edition did. |
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 | Name: |
Primal Hiker |
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 | E-Mail: |
carter.michael@sfr.fr |
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| Date Submitted: |
2012-08-12 |
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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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