| Date of Hike: |
Saturday, August 17, 2019 |
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| Parking/Access Road Notes: |
Only car there at 8am and 7:45pm. Many cars at pullouts on the drive in that were camping. It’s a long drive to East Branch Trail. Park in a large dirt turnaround. The road in is a rough dirt road but very doable for probably any car. Towards the beginning? Watch for large potholes in the road you’ll want to avoid if in a smaller car. Closer to the trailhead watch for small rocks protruding from the road. The road goes over a “bridge-like†thing next to a small pond. The surface is down entirely to rock so I recommend you go very slowly over that particularly if in a smaller car. |
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| Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock, Standing/Running Water on Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable, Mud - Significant |
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| Water Crossing Notes: |
Nothing you had to wade through deeper than average boot height. Some were rock hops but some required getting part of my boots wet. The ones on East Branch Trail are small but don’t always have rocks to hop across on. Crossings above cascades usually scare me a bit but the one on Wild River was a fairly small cascade and you could just step over it. |
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| Trail Maintenance Notes: |
All the trails I was on other than Carter-Moriah Trail could use brushing. Wild River and East Branch probably the most so then followed by Rainbow, then Black Angel. Several blowdowns throughout this route obviously. Don’t remember where many were but Black Angel seemed to have the most and were the biggest pain (not quite as nice as I remember it when I did it last year). I don’t remember much undermined trail other than a bit on Black Angel. You’re not going to find much blaze on any of these trails other than Carter-Moriah but an experienced hiker shouldn’t have trouble following them. The treadway is mostly obvious; the trails are just overgrown. |
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| Dog-Related Notes: |
Didn’t see any but I imagine most highly skilled and experienced hiking dogs could do it: |
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| Bugs: |
A couple mosquitos at the car so I put bug spray on at the start but they were hardly any throughout the day. So nice to be mostly rid of bugs! |
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| Lost and Found: |
Picked up what I’m guessing is a small lunchbox. I think it was along Rainbow Trail (either that or Wild River Trail between Perkins Notch and East Branch Trail. |