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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks Elephant mt., ME
Trails
Trails: Bushwack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Friday, September 18, 2026
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Road is open and driveable as close as you can drive, road is already deteriorating. The road was opened earlier this year but looks like the work is done so I’d get it while you can. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Mud - Minor/Avoidable 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: Some swampy spots 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: NA 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: my 2 slugged through 
Bugs
Bugs: none 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found:  
 
Comments
Comments: Got a late start but it’s a short hike but a slow one especially if you get and stay off any of the bushwack trails, it’s amazing how thick it can get off trail from the waist down at times can’t see the turf. Was a great breezy day and came in handy up top. Did this once before in the winter, a bit easier to stay on trail but up top just as easy to lose it because of drifting. At the spot where you enter the woods I was walking on small trees cut down laying on the brush trying not to fall through. I think I missed the trail right away. Either way a bushwack comes with a sense of accomplishment, I’ve only done it a few times. Gotta say winter is a better time to visit this one.  
Name
Name: Mamakin 
E-Mail
E-Mail: jerrykenney1@verizon.net 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2026-09-21 
Link
Link: https:// 
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