Logging Road Ascent of Mt Redington - 08-01-2010

[alavigne]

There doesn't seem to be a good accounting of the 'logging roads' method of accessing Mt Redington -- one of the barely-4000 footers in Maine -- out on the web. So, here's the trip report which details exactly that, from an outing we did in early August:

Ascent of Mt Redington via Caribou Valley Road and old logging roads.

 

[rup]

Good report.

Where was the cairn (1/2 way up?) that many have mentioned?

 

[alavigne]

Good report.

Where was the cairn (1/2 way up?) that many have mentioned?

I don't recall any cairn specifically (but that doesn't mean there wasn't one). What I noticed more were the bits of flagging at each major decision point.

 

[MichaelJ]

In 2008, there were a couple of cairns on the road that turns 90° right off the valley loop road and goes straight up the slope. The correct cairn to turn at was:



There was also a rock painted "TOWE" at a further junction:

 

[bobandgeri]

Didn't take any photos, but when Tim Lucia, I and others were there this Summer (3rd week in July), we descended via the logging road and saw Cairns at all turns and even a few along the logging road. Maybe Tim snapped a few photos of them?

 

[bikehikeskifish]

There is this Google Map and also this planning thread which details the route, along with dozens of other sources, including this very clear description thanks to Mohamed.

What photos I did take are available with the trip report for this trip.

Tim

 

[alavigne]

In 2008, there were a couple of cairns on the road that turns 90° right off the valley loop road and goes straight up the slope. The correct cairn to turn at was:



There was also a rock painted "TOWE" at a further junction:

Ah... yes, I remember the cairn in the first picture (Actually, I even have a picture of it in my trip report here - stupid me). However, one minor correction: this cairn is not encountered along the loop road in the valley bottom, but rather up a ways along the road that climbs the broad south-eastern ridge of Redington/SouthCrocker.