The Caribou pond road is drivable to the AT crossing and beyond. I followed recent tire tracks all the way to the right turn at the cairned clearing. They actually went quite a way up the grassy logging road until it got very washed out and rocky. The vehicle making the tracks did drag quite a bit on the bigger water bars. Looked like the trailer hitch recepticle did the dragging.
The path is pretty easy to follow to where it intersects the path from S Crocker. There was quite a bit of monorail snow left in spots but easy to negotiate on the margins.
This was my first time up on Redington, after last fall's attempt when I misplaced my dog on the top on N Crocker. The old guy followed some southbounders all the way to Spaulding Shelter. I got him back the next day thanks to a northbounder who was in cell contact with me. The dog knows my cell number, that is, it's on his coller don't ya know.
Back to today. After leaving the summit of Redington, I headed over to South Crocker on the pretty gnarly herd path(s). Because I lack common sense when I "whack" I left my long sleeve shirt in my pack. Big mistake. By the time I topped out on South C. both my arms were covered with blood. The stuff was actually running down my arms and dripping off my fingers at times. But it's happened before, and will again.
I used a GPX track I downloaded from Wikiloc and I'm very glad I did. With all the litter this winter showered on the path(s) it's pretty rough going for a guy who is coming up on his 74th year.
As you age, the epidermis gets pretty thin, and good healthy scratches administered by Spruce and Fir stubs and stobs bleed very well.
As this my first summer hike of this year I wore my heavy boots (L) to the top of Redington, and Saucony Trail runners for the rest of the walk. Big old leather boots wore me down. The boots are well broken in, just I'm not as yet.
I took my Yellow Lab/Great Pyrenees mix with me and he seemed to enjoy our little walk.
I took no pictures since I stopped taking them on hikes a number of years ago. Don't sign no summit logs either.
Tom Wheeler
The path is pretty easy to follow to where it intersects the path from S Crocker. There was quite a bit of monorail snow left in spots but easy to negotiate on the margins.
This was my first time up on Redington, after last fall's attempt when I misplaced my dog on the top on N Crocker. The old guy followed some southbounders all the way to Spaulding Shelter. I got him back the next day thanks to a northbounder who was in cell contact with me. The dog knows my cell number, that is, it's on his coller don't ya know.
Back to today. After leaving the summit of Redington, I headed over to South Crocker on the pretty gnarly herd path(s). Because I lack common sense when I "whack" I left my long sleeve shirt in my pack. Big mistake. By the time I topped out on South C. both my arms were covered with blood. The stuff was actually running down my arms and dripping off my fingers at times. But it's happened before, and will again.
I used a GPX track I downloaded from Wikiloc and I'm very glad I did. With all the litter this winter showered on the path(s) it's pretty rough going for a guy who is coming up on his 74th year.
As you age, the epidermis gets pretty thin, and good healthy scratches administered by Spruce and Fir stubs and stobs bleed very well.
As this my first summer hike of this year I wore my heavy boots (L) to the top of Redington, and Saucony Trail runners for the rest of the walk. Big old leather boots wore me down. The boots are well broken in, just I'm not as yet.
I took my Yellow Lab/Great Pyrenees mix with me and he seemed to enjoy our little walk.
I took no pictures since I stopped taking them on hikes a number of years ago. Don't sign no summit logs either.
Tom Wheeler
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