On Saturday, Jan. 18th, Frosty and I headed to Great Pond Mountain. We drove to the lower lot near the gate for the Dead River Road. It had warmed up to one degree when we started our adventure with little wind. We put on spikes and headed out. We started Read more…
On Sunday, Dec. 29th, the Bangor Outdoor Club met to hike Saddleback and the Horn. Frosty and I woke up at a rude hour to make it to the Rangley area by 7:00. Even though the Saddleback ski resort isn’t currently operational, the parking was plowed. We met up with Read more…
On Sunday, Dec. 22, the first full day of winter, Frosty and I headed over to the Sugarloaf area to hike to Crockers. This was a BOC (Bangor Outdoor Club) hike that we were hosting and our first attempt at bagging the part of the Triple Twinter Challenge. There ended Read more…
The Maine Triple Twinter Challenge is a single season winter challenge to summit the following 4000 footer twin summits in Maine: Saddleback (4120′) and the Horn (4023′) Crocker (4228′) and South Crocker Mountain (4050′) The Bigelows, West (4145′) and Avery Peak (4090′) Here are the basics of the rules. All Read more…
On Saturday, April 6th, Frosty and I went to Burnt Mountain. On that day, we were unable to finish our hike. We had gotten a phone call while hiking about a family problem. It wasn’t a serious problem, but was time consuming to deal with. We weighed our options at Read more…
On Saturday, March 30th, Frosty and I headed up to Greenville to hike Little Moose Mountain. We parked at the Moose Mountain Inn. The sun was out at the very beginning of our hike. But, the gray skies came quickly and never left. The temperature was 32° The bottom third Read more…
I couldn’t hear Magoo behind me so I stopped. It was the last weekend of winter and we were attempting to complete our Winter Pinnacle Pursuit Challenge in the middle of Maine’s 100 mile wilderness on Whitecap Mountain. We were about four hours into our climb. It had been about Read more…
On Sunday, March 17th, Frosty and I woke up early to head to White Cap Mountain. There are three White Cap Mountains in Maine. We were hiking the one in the 100 Mile Wilderness. This mountain is one of the six mountains in the Moosehead Pinnacle Pursuit (MPP). In addition Read more…
On Saturday, March 9th, we headed out toward Mount Kineo. As we drove, I kept marveling at the snowbanks! From Monson northwards, the snowbanks are so high! You can only see the top few inches of many of the road signs. A few were completely buried. The fire hydrants have Read more…
On Saturday, March 2nd, Christine, Frosty, and I headed to the Rangleley area to hike Saddleback Mountain and possibly The Horn. We stopped on the way at a general store to get some breakfast. Even though the ski resort isn’t currently operational, there are condos adjacent to the ski Read more…