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Little Brown Mushroom needed the Baxter 4Ks for Nov, and I needed to get out on a hike of substance. We met up in Millinocket and headed to the gate to await opening. We signed in at 6:20 and headed up the Abol slide trail. There was a lot of water flowing in the trail lower down but careful...

CVR was being worked on from the 6th to the 18th. The bridges have been fixed up (new decks on top of the old I think). There's a few culverts that still require caution but in general it's in great shape. Evidence of surveying all the way out to the pond.

They are logging on Grand Lake Rd so we were able to park about two miles in. Snow a bit thin on way in. New bunkhouse at Nesowadenunk didn't look ready for occupancy. Tote Rd was skiable with occasional thin areas. Marston was spikable up to the intersection. From there on it was snowshoe...

My friend Steve (Little Brown Mushroom) is a better writer than I. Here's his write up: I suppose all my ADK friends have wondered what has become of me these days The last two months have been spent doing Vermont and Maine Peaks. Maine has been a pleasant surprise. Trails are well maintained...

Little Brown Mushroom had never visited Caribou Valley before. As a resident of Maine I felt Obligated to extend the hand of hospitality and do this loop with him. Ok, truth be told I love this hike and was glad he had finished his NY Grid so we could get busy in Maine! I was spending the week...

Steve needed a break from the Grid and I just needed to get out. We decided to pick off a few hundred highest peaks we missed on our last outing. We spotted my truck at the end of Sawyer River Rd and went back to the fire rd. The fire road is a great change from the Signal Ridge trail. Once we...

Little Brown Mushroom and I decided to knock some peaks off his NE and NH 100 lists. Since I have done these peaks I was elected guide. Steve brought me a breakfast sandwich and coffee as payment. I soon showed that was about what my services were worth. My memory of the turn to Bemis was realy...

I am hoping to get in to Baxter this winter. What routes have people used during winter? I would love to access everything from the west, but don't know the viability of Hunt in the winter, and whether Abol is an option even though it was closed in summer.

Can anyone give me mileage and elevation intel for the Gorham loop?

Steve (Little Brown Mushroom) and I left the LOJ at 4:20 after spotting a car at Rooster Comb. Things went smoothly til we broke treeline on Wright. There was hoar frost on the trees and a glaze of ice on all the rock. Neither of us had spikes with us so we skated slowly along as best we could...