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Since there's little/no snow as high as 3500 feet in much of Maine, i decided to head to the Greenville area for a few more from the list before i enter hiking hibernation. Perfect hike day, sunny and 30 at 7AM, warming to lo 50s by late afternoon Chris Keene, author of North Woods Walks...

...getting stir crazy after only 3 days frantically rehabbing the ankle i messed up Saturday in Aroostook County, I head over to the Rumford area to scout some hikes and maybe carefully do something short/easy if i lace the boots really tight :) It's very dark as i depart, but my hopes to see...

Roy--wish i had known to look for those tree blazes--there were certainly a few candidate trees near the "witness post" --there are surface level rocks --i think i should have seen at least one of the "newer" posts if they project 1' above the ground--gone?? -i felt the survey "spot" was not...

This was a trip planned for several weeks ago and aborted due to rain/cold. I noticed Fri/Sat/Sun were going to be very cold, but totally clear in Aroostook County and couldn't resist. I knew the cold, short days and plethora of hunters presented potential issues, but decided to give it a try...

After an excellent hike of Kineo yesteday with my friend, i decided to try to squeeze in one more today before the rain starts again. Day Mt -2106'- is NW of Farmington and a nice little hike, but a PITA to approach by car. With no beta, i planned two possible car approaches. 1)from the...

Looking for "quick/easy", i headed through Monson, Greenville and past Rockwood early this morning. I stopped a bit to talk and pick up some local insight, but there wasn't any. There's been a fair amount of rain in that part of the state and the roads were still wet from last nights showers...

jt--thanks -from the col, i went straight/bit right approaching the peak-mistake [edited to say-appears that going at North from the col pretty much directly on the ridge as i tried to do was a mistake--i also found the Pat/Audrey return route less dense] -i figure Marc broke the pencil :) as...

An odd pair of peaks to do on the same day, but .... Mt Will is a small (1726') peak off Rt 2 between Bethel and Hanover, Me. It's just west of Rt 26 and there's a parking lot on the N side of Rt 2 across from the recycling center--yes, there's a trail:). This is a peak i planned to 'whack...

Roy--yes, i forgot to mention that my alternate approach to the top (which i didn't use) had me hooking a bit further south initially , then coming up the SSE ridge--when i was wandering the summit area, i saw an old, overgrown trail headed down that way and suspect it was your ascent route--as...

Trying to make the best of the recent rainy weather, i set out for what i hoped would be another "easy" hike. I made a few ill advised choices today, but all turned out well. Mattamiscontis 1281' is located NW of Lincoln , ME. I drove north on Rt95 to the Howland exit, west to Seboeis Rd and...

Hi Roy---the "x" on Musquash doesn't appear to be a random spot elevation "x", but is inside the last (highest) contour on the north bump--same # of contours on the south bump on that map--- another topo shows higher contour lines on "north"-suspect it'd take some serious work to make the call...

Bill--ah, had a nagging "feeling" in the back of my mind, but thought this was the first top like that i'd seen--forgot about the one on #9 a few years back--these hills really do blend together after awhile-not sure when you were on Musquash, but the tower is getting a bit ricketty Roy-- sure...

With all the in & out weather in Maine and lots of wet woods, i decided about 11 this morning to take advantage of some rays of sun and do something small/easy, just to get out. Musquash 1250+'(means muskrat i think?)--up Rt 95 from Bangor, off the big road, into Lincoln, onto Rt 6 and east...

Long Mt 3021' near N Newry -thanks to Marc H for ideas that saved much energy--i knew i could take the Grafton Notch Trail (east loop) up over Puzzle, down into the deep col and up Long (or come in from the Baldpates end)--had done both of these in the past and didn't look forward to the long...

I planned to head for Aroostook County this morning to try 7 smallish peaks in the far northern reaches of Maine over the next few days-think mostly above Allagash/Dickey. The weather forecast deteriorated in the last 36 hours and I left at 3 AM with rain in Orrington, heavy rain at...

D--thanks--great pics perhaps the best? hike of it's type in our area-- the inland "return" is a bit of a letdown after the coastal hike, but man...and those camp sites.......i think it's a long enough drive for most people that we don't need to fear it being overrun jim

LRiz--know you don't know me from a bag of rocks, but i do follow your stuff (as well as a bunch of other "younger" high achievers) -very happy to hear the Boston Dr take on the injury/prognosis -clearly you are like many of us are almost crazed to resume full activity asap after an injury...

Hi Spencer--just back from doing Strickland--liked it Maybe you have better eyes (or job experience helps), but i could not find "trail" crossing the Loop Rd. I parked at the old overgrown north road into Camp P and headed into the woods towards "middle". I hit the old trail twice lower down...

Strickland-2410' in Baxter State Park lies just north of Center Mt and east of Nesowadnehunk Lake. Thanks to Spencer (and JP) for info/ideas/advice on this one. I drove to Baxter late Saturday afternoon for a cold night at Nesowadnehunk Campground. I spent about 1/2 hour that evening trying...

hi Dennis--am not sure if you're referring to my little list of prominence peaks--if so, yeah, they are often way off the grid--sometimes a drag, but usually interesting and occasionally really neat--i'm working on MEP #151-200 right now--a bunch of 3Ks, but also stuff around 1300'--all in the...