Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Start: Daicey Pond Campground End: Baxter State Park winter parking, Abol Bridge, Golden Road Miles: 6.2 Elevation gain: 75′ After getting to bed around 9pm, I was awake at 5am, packed up and cleaned out the wood stove, and was out of my cute cabin by 6am. I made good time … Continue reading Winter 67: from Daicey Pond
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Start/end: Daicey Pond cabins Mileage: 23.4 Elevation gain: 5269′ After going to bed at 8pm and sleeping pretty well, I was up at 4am. I prepped for the day and then headed over to cabin #10 to meet everyone for a 5am departure. We headed off down the campground access road … Continue reading Winter 67: Coe, S & N Brother, Fort
Monday, December 21, 2020 Start/end: Daicey Pond cabins Mileage: 19.45 Elevation gain: 5168′ After going to bed at 8pm and sleeping fairly well, with only a little tossing and turning, I was up at 4am. I prepped for the day and then headed over to cabin #10 to meet everyone for a 5:02am departure (start … Continue reading Winter 67: Baxter & Hamlin
Sunday, December 20, 2020 Start: Baxter State Park winter parking, Abol Bridge, Golden Road End: Daicey Pond Campground, Cabin #7 – Loon Lodge Miles: 6.2 Elevation gain: 692′ After getting up at home at 4am this morning, I was driving north by 4:30am. I made it the 6.5 hours to the winter parking lot by … Continue reading Winter 67: to Daicey Pond
Sunday, October 7, 2018 Miles: 8.7 Start/End: Roaring Brook Elevation: 3398′ Gaia GPS Track Just like I planned last night, this morning I woke up at 5 a.m. I was all packed up and back at my car by 5:30 a.m., and drove past the Togue gate at 5:55 a.m., five minutes before the gate … Continue reading New England 67: Katahdin-Hamlin Peak
Saturday, October 6, 2018 Miles: 11.8 Elevation: 4485′ gain, 4392′ descent Start/End: Marston trailhead Gaia GPS Track Last night, I slept at Katahdin Stream campground. My walk-in site (#3) has a picnic table, fire ring, and a 4-person lean-to, which as it turns out, does not fit my 2-person REI Half Dome 2 Plus … Continue reading New England 67/100 Highest: North Brother; South Brother, Fort, Coe
Thursday, August 17, 2017Start: Abol BridgeEnd: Katahdin Stream Campground/on a dirt road moping and limping my way through BaxterMiles: 21.2 (+ ~5.0 walking Baxter dirt roads trying to get a ride into town while racing to stay ahead of the bloodsucking mosquito cloud)Elevation gained/lost: 5184’/4682‘Listening to: Spotify playlists I decided last night that due to … Continue reading Maine AT hike, day #6
Transcending Mountains 