Bushwack from C.V.R. to A.t...

[Red Oak]

Looking for some info on the wack from the southern end of the cvr to the A.T.,at the Spaulding campsite.I have heard there is a logging road which connects the cvr to the a.t, at that location or a very easy to find herd path.It looks to be about a mile.This would be from the left fork at the intersection where you take a right to go to redington,about 4-5 miles past the a.t. junction[right before caribou pond].Thanks for any help!

 

[bikehikeskifish]

There is some beta, including links to Google Maps satellite photos, in this thread.

Tim

 

[nartreb]

I did it in the opposite direction - downhill to the pond, you've got a nice big target to aim for and you can find it by following the slope. There may be an easier way, but I struck out directly from the shelter and fought through some fairly thick stuff before I found some moose trails that connected to a half-overgrown logging road that hit the south shore of the pond.

 

[RoySwkr]

I have heard there is a logging road which connects the cvr to the a.t, at that location or a very easy to find herd path.

There was a path from the branch road E of Caribou Pond to the new Spaulding Mtn leanto which was used in building the leanto. I did not find it right away but just started bushwhacking down and soon picked it up, it led to a branch skid road which was continually joined by other skid roads. I think it would be harder to find going up as the branches weren't well marked but was trivial going down. No idea how well they keep it cleared.

 

[TEO]

At the top of the CVR, where you go right to Reddington, take a left (A on satellite view below). The second left after that should be a small, gravelly/rubbly clearing. Off of the clearing, there appears to be a grass-grown-in logging road to the right, I took the next logging road to the left of that (B) (I vaguely recall a third one to the left of that, can't remember). Follow the grown-in logging road (generally staying right at any forks, IIRC) and following your compass bearing (which you measured on your map, from the clearing to the AT, before the hike) to the the AT. The last bit is an easy bushwhack.

Satellite view.

 

[Red Oak]

Thank you all for your answers;
tim-good google map.would like to know if you hiked both green lines?I could not understand what bob was saying about the green lines also.
nartreb-I was thinking you had a big target,very helpful. A resident of rapid stream road told me a logging road connected caribou pond and the spaulding shelter.Either way it seems there are logging roads and a bushwack for the most part.
Roy.skr-also very helpful,seems there are multiple paths now.
Teo-awsome maps!
Last time I was at the intersection on the c.v.r.,[where you go right to head towards redington and left towards the shelter/campsite and a.t.]I thought I could see Spaulding very clearly.If and when I get to do this hike,it seems very straight forward on a nice day.After 3 attempts on Abe from kingfield,I am looking to try other ways.It seems quicker to maybe go down the c.v.r. and cut across to the a.t. to hit Abe solo,instead of doing spaulding and sugarloaf.Another option might be to hike Abe from Madrid on the logging roads to the a.t.,a little south of the Abe side path.Hopefully at the least the a.t. from sugarloaf will be broken out the next couple of months.

 

[TEO]

ASS is great!

The A.S.S. (Abraham, Spaulding, Sugarloaf--in that order) loop from CVR, with bushwack from CV to the AT is a great day hike. It's a solid day, but not brutal. I highly recommend it.

 

[Jazzbo]

Read this Trip Report

Read this trip report by Damselfly about trip they did last summer. It involves BW from AT down to CVR in area you're interested in.

http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?41615-A-3-day-Maine-8-pack-with-6-Moose-for-Dessert&highlight=Abraham+Spaulding

 

[Red Oak]

The A.S.S. (Abraham, Spaulding, Sugarloaf--in that order) loop from CVR, with bushwack from CV to the AT is a great day hike. It's a solid day, but not brutal. I highly recommend it.

Before I joined vftt,I thought A.S.S. was 'ask steve smith"?Those 3 in one day must be tough!
Its looks like some locals up there created a snowmobile path to the a.t. from the c.v.r.,maybe a positive could come from a negative if you use those tracks to hike on.

 

[Red Oak]

So I did try this wack on march 10. of this year with no luck,not much to report except that I ran into a boatload of snow. I did find this report though from the index of this forum. http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthre...A-%93rocky%94-start-with-a-spectacular-finish Very nice kung fu on this trip.Camping and peakbagging in maine during the winter! Thanks Damselfly for great map of the area with your route.