Had a very windy but great day climbing over Saddleback Mountain and Saddleback Jr (there was another mountain at the beginning, but when we are summiting multiple per day, one forgets the smaller ones). The climb up was quite steep with some … [Read more...]
Jul 8 – Sugarloaf and The Crockers
Reasonably challenging day climbing up the Crocker peaks and Sugarloaf. Had some steep climbs with a bit of bouldering. The weather was great, fairly clear skies, temps in the upper 70's. Had some nice views out over the valley in between The Bigelos … [Read more...]
Jul 7 – Stratton
Short day as we need to resupply in Stratton. The walk down off the mountain was nice. It started out quite foggy but cleared to a beautiful day. Arrived fairly early and got a room at the White Wolf Inn. It was fairly cheap and situated well in … [Read more...]
Jul 6 – Bigelows
Today there was some climbing. The Bigelos were fairly challenging mtns as the trail was pretty much straight up. It was a fairly rocky trail with some boulder climbing but not to the extent of Katahdin. Views were great as they day was fairly clear … [Read more...]
Jul 5 – Ferry To a Beautiful Day
More pics have been uploaded to some previous days posts. We are only allowed one photo when we email in the journal entry, so additional photos come in later when there is a good data connection. On leaving Caratunk, one needs to take a ferry … [Read more...]
Jul 4 – Big Rain
The 4th was a day filled with great variety for weather. The morning started out calm and beautiful with some light fog setting over the lake where we were camped. We climbed up Moxie Bald Mtn and sat for a while soaking up the sunshine. As we … [Read more...]
Jul 3 – Bald Mountain Pond
Took a zero day (no hiking miles) in Monson yesterday. It was rejuvinating. Had some BBQ, left over pizza and sorted out some supplies for the next section. Today we started out reasonably early and got a solid 18 mile in. The trail was mellow and … [Read more...]
