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 February 23rd, Frosty and I climbed Big Moose Mountain. The North Road into the trailhead wasn’t being plowed this year, so we had to plan for that. Where the North Road meets routes 15/6, isn’t a good place to park on the side of the road. We weren’t sure Read more…
On Monday, Feb. 18th, Frosty and I headed to the Moosehead Lake area to climb Eagle Rock. We had borrowed a snowmobile for this trip. We parked at the Kennebec River East Outlet Public Access parking area. It was one degree when we left the vehicle. Frosty and I rode Read more…
On December 31st, Frosty, Squirrel, and I went up to the Moosehead area to hike Little Moose Mountain. This is such a fun, little snowshoe trek. It is one of our favorite snowshoe trips. We snowshoe here several times each winter. Squirrel went with us today. He wanted to take some photos with Read more…
Frosty and I met up with Brett from the Bangor Outdoor Club in Greenville at the Indian Hill Trading Post.The road into the old trail up Eagle Rock wasn’t plowed, so we went with Plan B. Hike Kineo! We drove up to Rockwood and parked at the boat landing which Read more…
In August, Frosty and I took on the Greenville Pinnacle Pursuit Ultra Challenge. The Greenville Pinnacle Pursuit Challenge involves 6 mountain hikes in the Greenville area. Greenville Pinnacle Pursuit Ultra Challenge involves climbing those same 6 hikes, but in a continuous 48 hour time span. Frosty and I had completed Read more…
On April 7th, Frosty and I headed to the Greenville area to climb Little Moose Mountain. We snowshoe Little Moose several times each winter. It is a favorite. Last night it snowed, so our drive up was gorgeous with the trees all wearing their white coats. The trail was beautiful! Read more…