Re: [at-l] Maine: 100-Mile Wilderness: For Your Information

["Poor Writer a.k.a. Ern Grover" <ern@tick-tock.com>]

Right, Walt, but be advised that some of the roads you speak of are not
many times passable unless you have a 4-wheel drive vehicle or logging
skidder.  The access road that passes by Gulf Hagas is at least maintained.
 

The corridor you speak of is 1000 feet wide to the Geological Survey
markers.  If you deviate from the AT through Gulf Hagas, you can always
follow either the west or east boundary in a southerly direction, and it
will take you back to the access road (the toll road).   

Yup, chainsaws are there, so are logging trucks.  It's sometimes a busy
area on the logging roads.  And another point, I should have mentioned.  IF
you encounter a logging truck, THEY will take the right of way.  They
prefer to stay on the road and let you pull over.

Poor Writer a.k.a. Ern Grover
http://www.tick-tock.com/morgan.html

" Good judgement comes from experience - which comes from poor judgement ".


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> From: Walt Daniels <wdaniels@bestweb.net>
> To: Poor Writer a.k.a. Ern Grover <ern@tick-tock.com>
> Cc: AT Mailing List <at-l@saffron.hack.net>
> Subject: RE: [at-l] Maine: 100-Mile Wilderness: For Your Information
> Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 1:07 PM
> 
> Mostly true but there are a few misstatements. The AT is on NPS land in a
> decent width corridor. It is not wilderness in the sense that when we did
it
> we were rarely out of the sound of chainsaws or other logging equipment.
You
> can even be flown in to at least one of the lakes. We met a family on the
> trail that had done so. There are many places where it is not far off the
> trail to logging roads which eventually lead to major roads, frequently
much
> faster then 25 miles. The trail itself in the area is relatively easy
going
> with only a few major climbs. Western Maine is FAR tougher. To break up
the
> trail we had made reservations at a camp about 3 miles off the trail in
the
> middle and spent two days resting. They do not welcome drop-ins.

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