Introducing the Northern New England Adventure Trail

[Canuman]

I actually looked at your route, but modified it not to go through the College Grant and not bust a couple of gates. There are some fantastic routes up that way if you're gate crashing -- not that I'm familiar with any of them. A bunch of the eastern section does come from Dockingpilot's routes. I believe I gave credit for that somewhere. I still spent many hours in the mapping software and on the road.

Strangely enough, there are very few viable routes for a piece of territory so large.

Originally Posted by DockingPilot

Looks a little familar

[DockingPilot]

Oh no worries there. Im not one of those who think route building is like curimg cancer. Lol . Enjoy and use and edit all you like I say.
And your right you would think those big woods would offer all kinds of options but they really dont,

* i dont recall though any gates but my memory aint what it used to be!

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[DockingPilot]

Also from Houlton you csn take it all the way to Van Buren off the tar. I recomend it!

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[meatwagon1]

how is Northern VT looking? Is there still snow on the upper part of the puppy dog trail? Burke area?

[guymanbro]

Originally Posted by meatwagon1

how is Northern VT looking? Is there still snow on the upper part of the puppy dog trail? Burke area?

Still snow on the trails in southern VT, but most roads are clear (barring Class IV and extra shady corners)

[Canuman]

I can see Burke Mountain from the top of the hill above my house. Driving back at 8:20 this evening, it was snowing hard, and there's plenty o' white stuff in the woods. It's time to start sacrificing virgins or something. South of Route 2, there is little snow, and then it picks up again, as Guymanbro noted. We're still a few weeks from good riding. The back roads are goopy and heavily rutted. If you have hairy ones, plenty of time, and nasty knobbies, they can be run, but it ain't gonna be much fun. Give it a few weeks at least. There is certainly snow and mud over ice on the northern PDR.

Originally Posted by meatwagon1

how is Northern VT looking? Is there still snow on the upper part of the puppy dog trail? Burke area?

[nhbubba]

Originally Posted by Canuman

It's time to start sacrificing virgins or something.

Hear, hear!

[meatwagon1]

going to try and hit the trans MA trail this Saturday to Greenfield with detours I am sure.

[meatwagon1]

road a bit of the southern part of the trail from Greenfield to Brattleboro. Was good, Good and muddy on ames hill rd. Ran out of time and headed back to MA.

[meatwagon1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlNs4uJ64cg

[tr4w]

Hello All,

A buddy and I are planning a Big DS ride (KLR 650 and Tiger 800) loop ride from Central NH through Maine and back. The major land marks we intend to hit are Quoddy Head, a view of Mt Katahdin, and Boundary Pond in NH. So my key question is there any to get a view of Katahdin without violating the logging company rules?

The route we laid out overlaps quite a bit with the NNEAT except for an approach to the south end of Baxter.

Any advice is appreciated.

Tom

[Canuman]

No bikes (even bicycles) in Baxter. There's a good view of Katadhin from I-95, of all places, but it's not exactly dual-sport. There are many parallel roads, and you can see the mountain from various places around Millinocket. The Golden Road is still sadly off-limits.

[tr4w]

That is a bummer. But there will be plenty of ridding. Thanks for all your efforts on this route. We report back on the sections we end up riding.

[meatwagon1]

will be heading to ride the puppy trail on Saturday (tomorrow May 4th) from greenfield up. Most likely make it to Silver lake.

[meatwagon1]

puppy trails was awesome this weekend.. Hope some of you got out to enjoy it.