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Peter Wolfe
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North Country Trail
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Trail Maps and Trail
Conditions
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Segment 9, Whisky Hollow Creek
to United States Mine
Length: 4.45 miles (1.35 miles from Whisky Hollow Creek
to Gleason Falls Trail, 3.10 miles from Gleason Falls Trail to United
States Mine)
Ownership: Mixed private and U.S. Forest Service
Responsible for maintenance: Peter Wolfe Chapter
Developments along trail: None
General description of segment: Mostly hardwoods and
hemlock, with red oak common on ridges, some pine/aspen/conifer, with
several bare rock areas, spectacular views, high cliffs, several
beautiful stream valleys, Gleason Falls nearby, with white-blazed side
trail from NCT, small waterfalls next to trail, trail crosses some
talus slopes, mid-1800's mine openings
(they don't go very far), spectacular view from rocky knob near
trail.
Camping is restricted to Forest Service
lands (see online map and "Trail conditions..." description
below); get water on private land if necessary, but camp on public
land.
Trail conditions (as of 2005): Trail is well-cleared in
most area and easily followed. The entire segment is freshly
blazed with either blue, plastic, nail-on diamonds (on Forest Service
lands) or blue painted 2"X6" vertical blazes (on private lands).
There are also a number of
rock cairns in bare rock and talus areas, and a couple of blue blazes
painted
on rock. Camp ONLY in the areas
with blue
diamonds; blue
diamonds
indicate Forest Service lands.
The Gleason Falls Trail intersects the NCT where the NCT crosses
Gleason Creek. The Gleason Falls Trail, marked with white 2"X6"
paint blazes, follows Gleason Creek downstream about 750 feet to the
falls. It follows the base of high rock bluffs, passing an old
mine exploration adit, until descending steeply on rocks to the base of
the falls. The trail is steep
and narrow, so you may wish to leave your big backpack at the trail
junction.
No camping is permitted along this trail (there
isn't a flat spot anyway!), as it's private land. Great lunch
spot,
though.
See segment
11 info for cautions about driving Victoria Road.
Link
to online map of west half of segment
Link
to online map of east half of segment
3D
map of Gleason Falls area with NCT shown
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Last modified: March 2, 2006