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In late August 2010, my brother, nephew and a friend climbed to the top of Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park, Maine, via the celebrated Knife Edge Trail, leaving from Chimney Pond Campground. We actually experienced a brief sleet squall on the way to the top --- in late August! There is a large cairn of small stones ...
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On the day my brother and I hiked up the Abol Trail to Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin, the clouds were low all around the mountain. At the top, though, the wind on the north side of the mountain would occasionally create fleeting but incredible vistas --- appreciated all the more because of their brief appearances. Ba...
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Mount Katahdin is the highest point in Maine, USA and the highest elevation on the mountain, Baxter Peak, is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The first recorded route up the mountain was via a large rock slide which created a bare but treacherous path up the western side of the mountain. This rock slid...
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On a hike up Abol Trail on Mount Katahdin, my brother and I were in the clouds most of the way. At the top of Abol Trail, the path passes Thoreau Spring in a relatively flat expanse called "The Tablelands". From this western path, the mountain gently rises to its highest elevation at Baxter Peak (the easte...
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