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9/04: Katahdin
9/05: Traveler Loop
9/06: Wassataquoik Lake
9/07: South Turner
Gillian and I drove up Thursday night and stayed at a tent site at Big Moose Inn. Tried somewhat unsuccessfully to sleep through the early morning sounds of logging trucks speeding by on the Golden Road. We met Mardi at the south gate and a little while later, the three of us were headed up towards Katahdin via Chimney Pond and the Saddle Trail. Beautiful day to visit Baxter and Hamlin Peaks.
Mardi had other plans for the rest of the long weekend, so we bid farewell to her at Hamlin, and headed towards North Peak, which turned out to be well worth the side trip. I'm not sure why the North Peaks Trail was closed, but I think I'd like to explore the area sometime in the future. Anyway, from North we headed over towards the Northwest Plateau and picked up the Northwest Basin Trail.
After soaking up the amazing views from the Northwest Plateau, we descended quickly down to Davis Pond (below left). The lean-to was empty, but due to Baxter's awesome rules, we still had another 5 miles to go before we could rest our feet. Regardless, the whole area was beautiful, and we enjoyed fast-packing between Davis and Russell Ponds, particularly the Turner Brook crossing (below right).
Upon arriving at Russell we talked to the Ranger for a while, and he made a comment along the lines of, "After Katahdin today, tomorrow is gonna seem pretty boring, ha?" Well, we were hoping to prove him wrong, so we quickly set up camp, had some dinner and drinks, and went to sleep under the stars...awaking to a gorgeous Saturday morning.
Saturday was really to be the crux of the weekend. We started out around 8AM headed north down the Pogy Notch Trail. A couple hours later, we arrived at Upper South Branch Pond, and took a little break before heading up the Center Ridge Trail. The entire ridge was awesome, with the highlights probably being Peak of the Ridges and The Traveler.
...although North Traveler (and all points in between) wasn't that shabby either.
We got back to Russell Pond about 12 hours after starting. The Ranger was apparently a little worried about us. It seemed that he had asked every other camper about our whereabouts, so we had to explain our trip to a number of passersby the next morning...most of whom seemed to have no idea what we were talking about when we mentioned "The Travelers"...
9/05: Traveler Loop
9/06: Wassataquoik Lake
9/07: South Turner
Gillian and I drove up Thursday night and stayed at a tent site at Big Moose Inn. Tried somewhat unsuccessfully to sleep through the early morning sounds of logging trucks speeding by on the Golden Road. We met Mardi at the south gate and a little while later, the three of us were headed up towards Katahdin via Chimney Pond and the Saddle Trail. Beautiful day to visit Baxter and Hamlin Peaks.
Mardi had other plans for the rest of the long weekend, so we bid farewell to her at Hamlin, and headed towards North Peak, which turned out to be well worth the side trip. I'm not sure why the North Peaks Trail was closed, but I think I'd like to explore the area sometime in the future. Anyway, from North we headed over towards the Northwest Plateau and picked up the Northwest Basin Trail.
After soaking up the amazing views from the Northwest Plateau, we descended quickly down to Davis Pond (below left). The lean-to was empty, but due to Baxter's awesome rules, we still had another 5 miles to go before we could rest our feet. Regardless, the whole area was beautiful, and we enjoyed fast-packing between Davis and Russell Ponds, particularly the Turner Brook crossing (below right).
Upon arriving at Russell we talked to the Ranger for a while, and he made a comment along the lines of, "After Katahdin today, tomorrow is gonna seem pretty boring, ha?" Well, we were hoping to prove him wrong, so we quickly set up camp, had some dinner and drinks, and went to sleep under the stars...awaking to a gorgeous Saturday morning.
Saturday was really to be the crux of the weekend. We started out around 8AM headed north down the Pogy Notch Trail. A couple hours later, we arrived at Upper South Branch Pond, and took a little break before heading up the Center Ridge Trail. The entire ridge was awesome, with the highlights probably being Peak of the Ridges and The Traveler.
...although North Traveler (and all points in between) wasn't that shabby either.
We got back to Russell Pond about 12 hours after starting. The Ranger was apparently a little worried about us. It seemed that he had asked every other camper about our whereabouts, so we had to explain our trip to a number of passersby the next morning...most of whom seemed to have no idea what we were talking about when we mentioned "The Travelers"...
