Elephant Mt. Winter Access?

[Redwood]

Folks, Anyone know the status of the roads (plowed/unplowed)leading up to where the bushwhack to Elephant Mt. begins. Last time I bushwhacked it, we were able to drive in from South Arm road to Elephant Mt. road then made our way up a few logging roads and parked where we headed in through a slash field. This was early fall, no snow. Anyone know if these roads are plowed during the winter?

Thanks in advance!
Redwood

 

[Dennis C.]

Haven't been into the Elephant Mtn area for quite awhile, Redwood, but the forest has had quite a bit of lower elevation logging activity around Clearwater Brook according to more recent VFTT reports. The South Arm road has always been plowed in my past winter trips into that climbing arena. REF : http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=19&n=4956889&e=357561&s=50&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25

 

[MTNRUNR]

Went up to Rumford for XC Ski Nationals...drove out towards S. Arm from Andover on 12/31/03. Elephant Mtn Rd wasn't plowed, as it was when I was there last winter and there was logging going on up above.