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Mount Cardigan via West Ridge Trail ![]()
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Trail Guide
This was a steady but easy climb. The trail is well marked with orange blazes. It's a great rest/warm-up trail. ![]() Then there was a mixture of rock face and shorter conifers. As soon as the woods open up a bit, you start getting great views. Then there was all open rock. Gray rock with stripes of white rock - looked like somebody had painted white lines to draw some kind of boundaries (BIG squares). I started to feel the wind in rock/confier area and then the wind steadily increased until it was really strong at the top, which was totally exposed. There was a small fire tower at the top (locked up). This tower was visible as we were driving up the road, immediately after turning off of Rt. 118. The summit is completely bald. There were small ice/slush "ponds" in the rock depressions at the top. There was small amounts of snow along the upper part of the trail before getting to the all-rock section. We had a mini-snowball fight. The summit gives a fantastic 360-degree view. We could see the Presidentials and they were still covered in snow. We enjoyed the view from the top without freezing by ducking down just a few feet from the dome-shaped top so we were shielded from the wind. |
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Driving Directions
Facilities There are outhouses at the end of the parking area farthest from the entrance road. More Mt. Cardigan Trail Reports |
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