[at-l] Abol Bridge from Baxter Park Road

[papabear.nyc at verizon.net (Papa Bear)]

TJ

Thanks for the suggestions.

If rides are sitting there waiting for us, we'll hitch down to the picnic area. Lots of folks have tolfd me that that route to Abol Bridge is the favorite winter route. What's the Kiorsk Junction?

After picking up the car we are staying 2 nights somewhere (probably Big Moose Inn) then we'll meet 2 more friends and spend 4 nights in the Park for hiking and climbing. We'll do Traveler, Doubletop, Coe-So. Brother-No Brother-Fort, then from Chimey Pond: Hamlin, Baxter again, etc. etc.

Interesting, I was assuming we'd take Rte 11 down to Milo and then pick up Rte 15 in Guilford for Monson.  The Greenville Route sound like an interesting alternative.  Are there fees to use  the Golden Road at any point?

Thanks
Pb

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Snodrog5@aol.com 
  To: papabear.nyc@verizon.net ; at-l@backcountry.net 
  Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 7:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [at-l] Abol Bridge from Baxter Park Road


  In a message dated 8/20/2004 11:44:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, papabear.nyc@verizon.net writes:
  Hi PapaBear,
   Just tell the people at the store you're leaving a vehicle, they don't charge anything, but it's just being polite. You're dropping a car, and getting a ride to Monson? Very cool, that ride across the Golden Road and down through Greenville and aside Moosehead is a gem. 

   The trail from the Abol Picnic area forks, one along highground to the Kiosk junction, and one that can be a little wetter but shorter. If you still have your trail legs, consider heading out of the Park via the Blueberry Ledges trail that starts behind the Birches. It's only a few years old, goes through some fine forest, past old burn, then at the old Park boundry follows an old jeep road as it descends to the Kiosk. There's talk it might be the new route of the AT someday.

   It's an easy hitch out of the Park and up to Abol Bridge if that what you decide to do.
  TJ