Start: Spaulding Mountain Lean-to End: Stratton MotelMileage: 13.5 We started out from the lean-to around 6:45am. We climbed over Spaulding Mountain (4,000′), Sugarloaf (3,540′), and then down to South Branch Carrabbasett River (2,100′). From there, we climbed South (4,040′) and North (4,228′) Crocker Mountains. After that, it was ~5 miles downhill to Maine 27. We … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 9
Start: Piazza Rock Lean-to End: Spaulding Mountain Lean-to Mileage: 16.9 Today, we did the most miles we’ve done in a day so far. They weren’t easy miles either. We left the shelter aeound 7:15am. We climbed from Piazza Rock Lean-to (2,080′) to Saddleback Mountain (4,120′) down into a dip and then up to the Horn … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 8
Start: Sabbath Day Pond Lean-to End: Piazza Rock Lean-to Mileage: 11.2 Today, we started around 7am from the Sabbath Day Pond Lean-to. We had a lot of fairly flat miles today as we went around Little Swift River Pond and South Pond. We arrived at Maine 4 at 11am; within 10 minutes, a shuttle driven … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 7
Start: Beyond Old Blue Mountain Summit End: Sabbath Day Pond Lean-to Mileage: ~12.6 (+1.2 walking to sandy beach) I woke up this morning around 6:15am and took my time getting packed up. Backtrack and Stretch came by around 7:45am, expecting Towanda to be with me. It turns out she’d followed me off the mountain the … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 6
Start: Pine Ellis Hiker Lodge, AndoverEnd: camping beyond Old Blue Mountain Mileage: ~14.4 Today, we started our day at the hostel. We got a shuttle out to the trail head and got on the trail by 7:15am. We hiked up Wyman Mountain (2,920′), down into Sawyer Notch (1,095′), up over Moody Mountain (2,440′), down to … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 5
Start: Frye Notch Lean-to End: East B Hill Road, Pine Ellis Hiker LodgeMileage: 4.5 Today, we got up at 6:15am and headed out by 7:30am. We all hiked to the road and got there by 9:45. We then spent the next 30 minutes trying to get a ride. We ended up flagging down someone headed … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 4
Start: Gorham/US-2End: Gentian Pond ShelterMileage: 11.8 I met up with Beth/Towanda at the White Mountains hostel around 12:30pm. We were out on the trail headed north by 1pm. We hiked until 7:30pm to reach a shelter. It poured buckets of rain until the last hour or two of our hike. We climbed up Mt Hayes … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 1
Start: Gentian Pond Shelter End: Full Goose ShelterMileage: 9.6 We started out at 6:45am from the shelter; it was raining when we left though it stopped within a few hours. We ended at the shelter by 3:15pm. We were both tired and decided we’d rather do the Notch tomorrow morning when we’re fresh. Time at … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 2
Start: Full Goose Shelter End: Frye Notch Lean-toMileage: 15.5 So the original plan for the day was to see how we felt and either go 12.0 to Baldpate Lean-to or the 15.5 to Frye Notch Lean-to. Towanda started a few minutes after me but needed to go back for her rain jacket so I didn’t … Continue reading NH/ME AT section hike, day 3
Start: Blackrock HutEnd: Rockfish GapMileage: 20.7 (+0.8 side trail and around town) I woke up early (5:15am), since I went to bed early (8:30pm). I slept pretty well, all things considered. I was packed up and on the trail by 6:15am. I made really good time and arrived at Rockfish Gap/I-64 at 3:15pm. Today, I … Continue reading VA AT hike #1, day 8
Transcending Mountains 