There was a full moon on February 19th. Frosty and I decided to go for a moonlit outing. We used our new skis. This also gave us some practice using them close to home. The skis, by Black Diamond, are made for backcountry travel in ungroomed, non-trail areas without much 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 Saturday, Feb. 9th, Frosty and I met Christine at the parking lot for the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery. The gate was open. The Don Fish Road up to the trailhead was icy in spots. It was less icy though than our trip here on January 12th. We could have driven Read more…
On Saturday, February 2nd, Frosty and I headed up to the Indian Hill Trading Post in Greenville to meet up with the others from the Bangor Outdoor Club who were hiking to Number Four Mountain. The temperature gauge on our vehicle had said -18, in places as we drove! Ugh! 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…
On Wednesday evening, January 16th, Frosty and I headed out to Chick Hill to meet up with the other participants taking part in the Chick Hill night hike event. There were nine of us total. Brett and Rob, from our hike up Borestone, were there. In addition, we also met Read more…
Saturday, January 12th, Frosty and I headed to Great Pond Mountain. We drove on the Don Fish Road to the Dead River Gate parking area. We planned to end our hike here, so this is where we parked. The road was icy under a thin layer of snow which was Read more…
On Saturday, January 5th, Frosty and I drove up to the Borestone Mountain parking lot to meet up with a group from the Bangor Outdoor Club. As we were driving, we saw a shooting star. A good sign for the day! We met Rob and Brett who are the leaders Read more…
Limited Daylight + Slow Pace = No Summit On Saturday, December 15th, Frosty and I headed to the Bigelows. We got an early start. We left the house at 4:30. The roads slowed us down though. It had rained the night before and the roads were icy. Some parts were Read more…