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Thanks very much! Happy to share another photo I took around that same time. I felt like I was on another planet, it was amazing. Original photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154651999369567&set=a.10154651997649567.1073741893.570654566&type=3&theater

[continued from above...] Conclusion The next day, we slept in and enjoyed some final hours at the cabin together, celebrating Liz's birthday the previous day and sharing a cake Seth had made. The five of us had a crazy fun time, donning various stick-on mustaches Dolores had brought along...

[continued from above...] Heading Back We started back, and within 15-20 minutes day had all but fallen and night was nearly settled in. Armed with headlamps, we made good, steady progress on our way back along the ridge, around South Brother, and to the Marston junction by 8:50pm. The...

[continued from above...] Summiting Coe, Liz's 100th Winter NE 100 Peak It wasn't long before we reached treeline just shy of the Coe summit cone. Winds were thankfully not as strong as on South Brother by this point. The trail travels along the east side of the ridge leading up to the...

[continued from above...] Reaching the South Brother Summit It took us a little over an hour to travel 0.6 miles from the Marston junction along the ridge to the junction with the spur path that would lead us up to the summit of South Brother. We decided to head up the 0.2-mile spur path...

[continued from above...] Forging Ahead on the Ridge The trail corridor along the ridge was generally more clear to follow, though we very often encountered points where we weren't quite sure which way the trail went. We were still up in the canopy, and painted blazes were few and far...

[continued from above...] Assessing Progress on the Ridge Before long, though, we stopped and assessed. It was 2pm and we'd been out a little over 8 hours so far. We traveled the first 3.4 easier miles on the broken-out Tote Road in 1.5 hours, but it took us 6.75 hours to travel the next...

[continued from above...] Onward and Upward The remaining three of us -- myself, Liz, and Seth -- continued on, soon reaching the pond that lay at the base of the steep, cathedral-like section that would bring us up and onto the broad col between the two Brothers peaks, North and South. With...

[continued from above...] Early Start, and a Tough Call Confident in the knowledge we'd be running into serious, unbroken snow, and since were looking at a solid 17-18 miles round-trip the next day, we wanted to get as early a start as we reasonably could, waking at 4am and getting underway...

[continued from above...] Hike to Basecamp After a night spent at Ruthie's in nearby Millinocket (highly recommended, comfortable place and great food!), Liz, Seth, Dolores, Alvaro, and myself headed northwest out of town, traveling the largely snow-covered but plowed Golden and Telos roads...

Photo Library: on Facebook GPS Tracks: Cars to bunkhouse: https://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/track/fee74613ce955057c43e720feefa859fcc348fe2 Hike: https://www.gaiagps.com/datasummary/track/ce4c16b1531bd2b4405d91d8d2236c048e55aabc Bunkhouse to cars...

Hi Doug and Mary. I, too, thank you very much for your support of the hiking community. I've personally been a benefactor of your kindness, having hiked a big loop of Hale, Zealand, and the Twins a couple years ago from Little River Road. It's been one of my favorite winter hikes to date! I...

... continued from Day 2: Katahdin Day 0 - Intro + Basecamp Day 1 - Sentinel Mountain + kayaking on the pond Day 2 - Katahdin Day 3 - Coe / South Brother - Drive to Marston trailhead - Hike up to Mt. Coe via Marston + Mt. Coe trails - Mt. Coe Trail to South Brother summit, for NE 100/100 -...

... continued from Day 1: Sentinel Mountain Day 0 - Intro + Basecamp Day 1 - Sentinel Mountain + kayaking on the pond Day 2 - Katahdin - Drive to Roaring Brook campground - Hike up to Pamola via Helon Taylor Trail - Knife Edge to Baxter Peak - Saddle + Northwest Basin trails to Hamlin Peak -...

... continued from Day 0, Intro + Basecamp ... Day 0 - Intro + Basecamp Day 1 - Sentinel Mountain + kayaking on the pond - Hike from Kidney Pond campground to Sentinel Mountain - canoe/kayak rentals on Kidney Pond, $1/hr Day 2 - Katahdin Day 3 - Coe / South Brother Day 4 - depart for home...