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I made the same mistake a couple years ago. I think if you search the trail conditions forum hard enough you may even find my report (sometime in June 08, I think). I found this unmarked trail to be rather soggy in parts and a bit overgrown, which leads me to believe that it wasn't that new...

I don't really have a lot to contribute to this thread except for a couple of observations, none of them really related. In addition to hiking, another way in which I enjoy the outdoors is through hunting deer and grouse with my father. Last fall was literally the worst deer season I've ever...

Date of Hike: Saturday, August 7th Trail Conditions: Trail is flat, smooth, and easy for first 2 miles, then rather steep for the rest. Quite a bit of mud but most was passable without getting boots dirty. Stream crossings are low enough to rock hop with no problems. After the first two...

Date of Hike: 7/17/10 - 7/23/10 Trail Conditions: Instead of posting conditions for every piece, I'll note the parts that people contemplating this hike most likely want to know about: Bugs: not a problem, surprisingly. I never even put on bug-spray. The only day they were a problem was on...

I would guess not, as it's closed yet again to protect the nesting Peregrine Falcons. I'm sure that security will be heightened, so add that to the regular summer traffic nightmare that is MDI, and I'd advise avoiding the island this weekend. Luckily I'll be doing the 100-Mile Wilderness...

The hiker was a member of a news team (WLBZ-2 in Bangor, their NBC affiliate) who fell 10-12 feet sustaining head injuries, and was evacuated by an ANG Blackhawk Medivac helicopter. From the article: The fall was reported at 12:30 p.m. by Jackie Ward, another member of the hiking party and...

It was in with the bear canisters and such, which in turn was over by the camp soap, hand sanitizer, plastic bottles, cookware, etc. section. In the Portland store, this would mean left side as you come in the door, about 2/3 of the way back. If you wish, you can check the EMS inventory...

I was in the Portland ME EMS branch last night and they had bear spray for sale. I presume the other locations do as well. Chris

Sorry about the summit sign posting thing, though at least in this case it seems that I posted a picture of one that had already been removed. If the forest service really does patrol this forum though, then I can't resist posting one more :D

I think you're right. I looked that up and found this page: http://www.cirrusimage.com/hymenoptera_ichneumon_megarhyssa_fem.htm Seems to be a black colored variant of the same thing. Awesome!

This isn't exactly hiking related, but I found this up by my parents house in Bangor this weekend. It's freaky looking! Does anybody know what it is?

Ooh, this one is interesting, definitely different in appearance than it is today, as it's taken prior to the 1954 storm, though the angle is a bit skewed as it's taken somewhat from the side: http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=11282 Chris

I'm not generally a fan of dirty and smelly, but there is 1 way in which the old cog is useful to hikers: wind speed forecaster. I snapped this pic on August 24th 2008 on my way up the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail. I knew before I reached treeline that I was going to be treated to a rare, wind-free...

That looks similar also the sign on Passaconaway:

As a lot of us probably know, Mt. OJI in Baxter State Park is so named due to the fact that the face of the mountain used to spell out these 3 letters. Then of course rock slides in 1932 then again in 1954 erased most of this, and now it's just garbled and doesn't say much of anything, although...

Date of Hike: 7/4/2010 Trail Conditions: Ascent is never steep, evenly graded, good footing. The Black Cat summit down to the pond is very overgrown, mostly with ferns and wildflowers, watch yourself for ticks here. Otherwise trail in good shape, 1 blowdown that is easy to get over on the...

My facebook instincts had me looking for the "like" button after reading your post, but I guess I'll have to actually say it. Nice job! I had no idea there was a herd-path linking the CVR to the west peaks. I've done them all, but it took me 3 trips to do it. One backpacking trip from Rt. 4...

Yvon, I was just curious about why you chose Abol over the Hunt Trail (Appalachian Trail)? I find the Hunt Trail to be a little less scary than any of the others except perhaps for the Saddle Trail on the Chimney Pond side of the Mountain. Was there no parking at Katahdin Stream campground...

Date of Hike: 6/26/10 - 6/27/10 Trail Conditions: We did the trail south to north. Day 1: Trail was great all the way up to Sunday River Whitecap, slightly rocky going down, then very gentle all the way to Slide Mountain campsite, and gentle again on to the newer Bull Run campsite, where we...

Makes me wonder if I really want to work harder to get down to my "ideal" body weight. Given my family history though, I suppose the answer is yes. That and after gaining a few pounds over the past couple years the thing I've noticed the most while hiking is a certain loss of agility. Oddly...