bigbog
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Date:...................10/6/2013
Total Distance:.....~2miles
Difficulty:............trails, some steep but short, essentially leading to views.
Conditions:.........~low50s to low 60s(early AM to ~2pm), clear blue sky...with a few clouds creeping in later in day, on the drive home.
Special Equipment Required: None(just hiking boots)
Trip Report:
Started out from Bangor(~5am), drove up on LilyBay Rd(up Moosehead Lake's eastern shore) to Kokadjo(little stop ~10 north of Moosehead L., at First Roach Pond/Roach River) and eventually into Third and Fourth Roach Ponds to check out an area I had never driven in to(as well as scouted out the area for a girl associated with a group from an
AMC chapter...via paddling.net). AMC chooses some pretty inaccessible spots for campsites...think I'd enjoy more
grass to pitch tents on though....Whew, and in bear country to boot...
Located between 4-5 small, but built on hard bedrock, mountains....made for a rough drive in...but would make for some interesting x-country & additional AT gear, sidecountry-style, assaults on the peaks.
No insects, no deer/moose(all back into deeper woods...at least during daylight hours), no bear....but some birds on the move south and some(Grouse) staying put.
The dozen or so miles around all these mountains made for dry and solid ground = majority birch, some aspen, some looked like elm(I think), whereas a few miles in other directions dropped elevation a little and the pines, firs, spruce took over the majority of growth. A great day for photography(uploaded a couple), but I'm almost set for colder temps.
What started as a doom & gloom, rocky ~10' wide, overgrowth of branches...road...took me to what looks like very accessible backcountry skiing, with use of snowmobile.
By the end of the day I'd call this a successful day for scouted out territory....
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Total Distance:.....~2miles
Difficulty:............trails, some steep but short, essentially leading to views.
Conditions:.........~low50s to low 60s(early AM to ~2pm), clear blue sky...with a few clouds creeping in later in day, on the drive home.
Special Equipment Required: None(just hiking boots)
Trip Report:
Started out from Bangor(~5am), drove up on LilyBay Rd(up Moosehead Lake's eastern shore) to Kokadjo(little stop ~10 north of Moosehead L., at First Roach Pond/Roach River) and eventually into Third and Fourth Roach Ponds to check out an area I had never driven in to(as well as scouted out the area for a girl associated with a group from an
AMC chapter...via paddling.net). AMC chooses some pretty inaccessible spots for campsites...think I'd enjoy more
grass to pitch tents on though....Whew, and in bear country to boot...
Located between 4-5 small, but built on hard bedrock, mountains....made for a rough drive in...but would make for some interesting x-country & additional AT gear, sidecountry-style, assaults on the peaks.
No insects, no deer/moose(all back into deeper woods...at least during daylight hours), no bear....but some birds on the move south and some(Grouse) staying put.
The dozen or so miles around all these mountains made for dry and solid ground = majority birch, some aspen, some looked like elm(I think), whereas a few miles in other directions dropped elevation a little and the pines, firs, spruce took over the majority of growth. A great day for photography(uploaded a couple), but I'm almost set for colder temps.
What started as a doom & gloom, rocky ~10' wide, overgrowth of branches...road...took me to what looks like very accessible backcountry skiing, with use of snowmobile.
By the end of the day I'd call this a successful day for scouted out territory....
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