d&d
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East Kennebago, Maine, hiked on may 5, 2016
thanks to all who did previous post on this hike, as your info was of great help. From rt. 4 and rt. 16 junction in town in Rangeley maine, take rt. 16 north for 9.5 miles then take left. Zero out odometer. Go over a bridge, take a right and go over a second bridge. At .9 miles, bear right, cross another bridge then bear left. Some logging activity has started here. Road was very muddy and branches in road. Not suggested for low clearance vehicles at this time. It surely should get better once the ground dries up a bit. At about 1.9, bear left as middle road goes to the right. At about 2.6, take a left. At about 3.7, bear right as this stays on the main road. At 4.2, road turns left, but you need to go straight ahead. there will be a log landing with logging road straight ahead. Park here. Great views off to your right.
For hike, walk straight up old logging road. A short ways up, the road turns right and crosses a seasonal stream. Soon, you will see a 4 wheeler trail on the right. Turn left here and continue up the old skidder path that is growing over with grasses and raspberries. This road will eventually turn into a decent path. At about 2900 feet, you will see a broken down yellow marker and yellow blazes on the trees on the left side. Jump in here and follow the yellow marked swath until you are just shy of the height of land at about 3250 feet. There is a cairn on the right marking the start of the herd path to summit. We stayed on the herd path most of the way, but ran into some ice flows about half way up so we looped around to the left and rejoined path as the ice got less intense. herd path through the balsam firs as not bad to follow, even with the ice, snow and a few blow downs.
Herd path brings you to top about 40 yards from canister. 8 to 12 inches of snow in some places on top and lots of ice on herd path. Micro spikes needed starting on herd path for probably the next 3 weeks. Lots of moose poop. I do not know if the herd path was theirs to follow, or are they using the hiking path. 38 degrees at summit with heavy drizzle. About 1300 ft gain. 3.1 miles. Took us a little longer than it should of because we left the hillsounds at home. No black flies, but seen some maine sized mosquitoes the next day. Finished the day at “the trails end” pub in Eustis. See link for pics and descriptions.
# 94 d&d
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thanks to all who did previous post on this hike, as your info was of great help. From rt. 4 and rt. 16 junction in town in Rangeley maine, take rt. 16 north for 9.5 miles then take left. Zero out odometer. Go over a bridge, take a right and go over a second bridge. At .9 miles, bear right, cross another bridge then bear left. Some logging activity has started here. Road was very muddy and branches in road. Not suggested for low clearance vehicles at this time. It surely should get better once the ground dries up a bit. At about 1.9, bear left as middle road goes to the right. At about 2.6, take a left. At about 3.7, bear right as this stays on the main road. At 4.2, road turns left, but you need to go straight ahead. there will be a log landing with logging road straight ahead. Park here. Great views off to your right.
For hike, walk straight up old logging road. A short ways up, the road turns right and crosses a seasonal stream. Soon, you will see a 4 wheeler trail on the right. Turn left here and continue up the old skidder path that is growing over with grasses and raspberries. This road will eventually turn into a decent path. At about 2900 feet, you will see a broken down yellow marker and yellow blazes on the trees on the left side. Jump in here and follow the yellow marked swath until you are just shy of the height of land at about 3250 feet. There is a cairn on the right marking the start of the herd path to summit. We stayed on the herd path most of the way, but ran into some ice flows about half way up so we looped around to the left and rejoined path as the ice got less intense. herd path through the balsam firs as not bad to follow, even with the ice, snow and a few blow downs.
Herd path brings you to top about 40 yards from canister. 8 to 12 inches of snow in some places on top and lots of ice on herd path. Micro spikes needed starting on herd path for probably the next 3 weeks. Lots of moose poop. I do not know if the herd path was theirs to follow, or are they using the hiking path. 38 degrees at summit with heavy drizzle. About 1300 ft gain. 3.1 miles. Took us a little longer than it should of because we left the hillsounds at home. No black flies, but seen some maine sized mosquitoes the next day. Finished the day at “the trails end” pub in Eustis. See link for pics and descriptions.
# 94 d&d
https://goo.gl/photos/z1kLByXBkNiEjCMc8
