[at-l] Re: snow in Maine

[southwalker99@alltel.net (South Walker)]

It was 3 years ago today that I hiked over White Cap in wind driven =
sleet and rain with plenty of fog. There was very little snow, only a =
few inches. I was expecting a view but the only thing I could see was =
the house far down on the left as I neared the peak of White Cap.

Blowdowns were plentiful; I counted 26, all over the top as I headed =
south. Probably a 100 pounds of moose poop on the trail.

What great memories.



South Walker
ME-GA 1999
In hiking there is no special recognition given for speed, style
or finesse. There are only those who do the hike and those who don't.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Bob C.=20
  To: at-l@backcountry.net=20
  Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 12:10 PM
  Subject: [at-l] snow in Maine


  Two of us this week attempted to remove blowdowns from Whitecap =
Mountain in what
  some  call  the  "100-Mile-wilderness",  but  which  more  =
realistically  is the
  "100-mile-woods."

   We  found 30 inch deep snow on the White Brook side trail that leads =
to the AT,
   about a mile and 800 feet lower than the summit.

   That  means  that  early  southbounders  are  likely  to  run into =
similar snow
   conditions.

    It also means that early south bounders are likely to find more =
blowdowns than
    usual,  since we abandoned our maintenance chores without removing =
the mile of
    blowdowns  on  the summit approach. After driving 4 hours and hiking =
a mile in
    deep,  wet  snow  for  another  hour and a half, we decided the =
remaining work
    could wait for a couple of weeks.

    We  did  drive  another  20  miles on gravel roads to check on =
barriers we had
    installed  four  years ago to keep four-wheel drives off a beach at =
one end of
    remote Crawford pond.

    The barriers had survived four years of assaults from the vehicles, =
though one
    ingenious  four wheeler had piled logs high enough to inch over the =
top of the
    barriers.

    We  removed  the  logs  and trucked them to a campsite five miles =
away. We may
   have  to  install a higher barrier at some point, but essentially we =
declared a
   victory and left.

   Anyone  wanting to know our barrier construction technique should =
e-mail me. If
   it seems useful, I'll post directions, publicly, otherwise privately.

   Weary

   =20



    Bob


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