Also on this trip

Trails Used

Appalachian Trail

Trail Conditions

Equipment

Notes

Today it was freezing. About 1 hour from logan brook lean to-started to rain. All wood was frozen, the top of white cap was frozen. Rain pants kind of day. Wish I had some sort of traction but I never fell just slipped a few times. After the rain, which was freezing on the rocks too, changed to sleet and then finally snow! Thankful for the new handicap privy's on mountains (yes makes 0 sense) but nice shelter for me to change things out haha. Got to the last lean to before KI road and back to rain, everything was soaked. I hit the road and knew of the weather so I booked a bunk at Gorman Chairback hut and cabins. Well worth it! Bunk room had a wood stove, staff was amazing, food was great, could buy a bottle of wine, hit the sauna and a shower all before bed! It was about 1.7 miles uphill road walk but for sure worth it!

Parking

Could have at KI road (18 bucks a person in and 12 bucks a day to keep the car on the side of the road

Water Crossings

No way around, had to ford west branch pleasant river

Wildlife

None

Also on this trip

Trails Used

Appalachian Trail

Trail Conditions

Equipment

Notes

Today it was freezing. About 1 hour from logan brook lean to-started to rain. All wood was frozen, the top of white cap was frozen. Rain pants kind of day. Wish I had some sort of traction but I never fell just slipped a few times. After the rain, which was freezing on the rocks too, changed to sleet and then finally snow! Thankful for the new handicap privy’s on mountains (yes makes 0 sense) but nice shelter for me to change things out haha. Got to the last lean to before KI road and back to rain, everything was soaked. I hit the road and knew of the weather so I booked a bunk at Gorman Chairback hut and cabins. Well worth it! Bunk room had a wood stove, staff was amazing, food was great, could buy a bottle of wine, hit the sauna and a shower all before bed! It was about 1.7 miles uphill road walk but for sure worth it!

Parking

Could have at K1 road (18 bucks a person in and 12 bucks a day to keep the car on the side of the road)

Water Crossings

No way around, had to ford west branch pleasant river

Wildlife

None

Also on this trip

Trails Used

Bushwack

Trail Conditions

Notes

Trail started off easy with a small herd path but covered with raspberry plants which I was glad to wear pants. Once at 450 it was easy to get to Boundary with the boarder just wet at the beginning. Saw a couple moose on the boarder path. Onto White Cap followed a herd path but lost it and bushwacked it to the top and then a better path was present to N. Kennebago and a path back down to the road was also there but faint.

Parking

Made the drive all the way to the top of Porter Brook road, a higher clearance vehicle is needed to make it to the end.

Wildlife

Barely noticed any at all. Just at where I parked while getting ready.

Trails Used

Appalachian Trail

Trail Conditions

Notes

Great views and a beautiful trail! Saw one person who was hiking sobo as I was descending,they didnt have a vehicle at the trailhead so I assume they were doing a through hike of some sort. Lean too looked clean and in good shape, water is flowing.

Parking

High clearance vehicle needed to get to the gate. About .25-.5 miles before the last bridge the road seems almost washed out. Really rocky/lopsided road. Then about 1.5-2miles before the AT trailhead right after this rocky section the bridge is damaged and marked closed. There's a redirect to the right, again high clearance vehicles only, you have to go through a stream and its quite rutted throughout the route around. THEN there are exposed and/or collapsed culverts (but that feels minor after the bridge). Otherwise the first 10 miles on Frenchtown rd were relatively smooth going.

Water Crossings

N/A

Wildlife

Came out in droves around 10 when walking back to the car