CVR, also known as Caribou Pond Road, is very drivable up to the metal bridge at 3.9miles from Route 27. There’s an area for parking right before the bridge.
After that, there’s a short rough uphill patch with big dips, and then there’s a wood bridge .2miles further down that is solid enough, but has huge ruts on each side that will swallow many small vehicles or even a small pick-up. There is another area here, before the bridge, for parking.
The AT crossing occurs at 4.4miles from Route 27 and there is parking for a few cars before, and just after, the crossing.
After the AT crossing, you’ll need a high clearance vehicle to continue. The road is fine for the most part, however, there are ruts and big dips here and there, as well as rocks that stick up in the road and some are quite large.
The road alternates between cozy and narrow enough that branches scrape both sides of the car at the same time. There are small pull offs about every ½ mile or so that you can stop to park if it’s gets too rough going or you need to turn around.
I have an all wheel drive with a suspension that I can increase (which I did) and I never bottomed out. It’s slow going, and there were a lot of “hold on to your pantyhose” moments. Nothing too scarey since the road is relatively flat and mostly dry with very little mud.
If you think you might go past the AT, pack a saw just in case. You don’t want to get trapped on the wrong side by a blowdown.
After that, there’s a short rough uphill patch with big dips, and then there’s a wood bridge .2miles further down that is solid enough, but has huge ruts on each side that will swallow many small vehicles or even a small pick-up. There is another area here, before the bridge, for parking.
The AT crossing occurs at 4.4miles from Route 27 and there is parking for a few cars before, and just after, the crossing.
After the AT crossing, you’ll need a high clearance vehicle to continue. The road is fine for the most part, however, there are ruts and big dips here and there, as well as rocks that stick up in the road and some are quite large.
The road alternates between cozy and narrow enough that branches scrape both sides of the car at the same time. There are small pull offs about every ½ mile or so that you can stop to park if it’s gets too rough going or you need to turn around.
I have an all wheel drive with a suspension that I can increase (which I did) and I never bottomed out. It’s slow going, and there were a lot of “hold on to your pantyhose” moments. Nothing too scarey since the road is relatively flat and mostly dry with very little mud.
If you think you might go past the AT, pack a saw just in case. You don’t want to get trapped on the wrong side by a blowdown.
