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Thanks. I did hear it was a cash only environment up there.

Great thanks for the info. I'm working on my 111, no hundred highest, just the 4K footers. With good luck I will have just completed all the ones in the Carrabassett Valley area when I drive up to BSP. I never bring wood anywhere, that's frowned upon no matter we go. It's all to keep that little...

So another question I have is.....hmmm I guess I should have asked this while I was on the phone......because I'm paying to have a lean-to, does that cover me for any permits I would need for hiking? Is there some other permit I'm gonna need to obtain for hiking?

I called the number Tim Horn suggested. The nice lady I got on the phone said there is a cleared area by the Togue Pond gate where they keep service equipment that I'll be able to park and secure my trailer (with motorcycle on it) at while in BSP. And that I'll be able to park my truck in a...

I do actually generally share your concerns about bikes/bikers making an otherwise quiet wilderness place less than enjoyable for others to visit. But again I ask you not to generalize or stereotype all of us as being all the same. The group I ride with keep getting invited back to a state park...

Nice history update. I've read a little about its history but not all that much. That was very informative. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the info. I've been known to be a pessimist, well at least that's many people's opinion of me till they get to know me. I'm sure I'll have a good time. If it weren't for rules and regs people would destroy parks and they would no longer be what they are and how we try to keep them. I...

I hijacked my own thread by bringing up the motorcycle thing. The thread really was just about parking. But in response to "Motorcycles being noisy very noisy" ......I know trucks that are louder than many bikes. I have a friend with a BMW 1150 adventure motorcycle that you can barely hear going...

I'm going to Maine in August. This will be my first trip to Baxter State Park. I have reserved a lean-to site at Roaring Brook campground. My question is about parking there. Is there a driveway for each lean-to site, or will I have to park in one of the two parking areas I see and carry all my...

Assuming I get a camping reservation for a couple nights at Roaring Brook camp ground.... 1) will I be able to get a small trailer in there with my truck? I might have my motorcycle in tow on a Lowe's 5X9 trailer. 2) When I do North Brother and park at Slide Dam will the fact that I'm camping at...

After completing the 4000 footers in NH this past Sept I did Old Speck. It was just across the border and not near any of the rest. I figured that was the time to get it. That required I pay at a self pay station. When I go to Baxter I was planning at camping at Roaring Brook.

I'm planning a trip to Maine in August to hike all the 4000 footers. I plan to spend a week with the family in Carrabassett Valley, hiking the peaks around there. Then they will head back to NY and I will head to Baxter State Park to bag the three up there. I plan to camp at Baxter, I see...

I'd like to tackle Nippletop and Dial January 29. I'm looking for some company as I've promissed my wife that for safety reasons I won't solo hike in the winter. I like early departures so would like to hit Lake Road no later than 6am, even 5 if I had a taker. Yes I was going to do this trip Jan...

After seeing the temperature forecast for Saturday, I no longer have any interest in hitting those two peaks Saturday. My trip is cancelled :(

I'd like to tackle Nippletop and Dial January 22. I'm looking for some company as I've promissed my wife that for safety reasons I won't solo hike in the winter. I've seen Neil's post on the other forum about attacking Dial, Nip, Colvin and Blake on that same day. That is a little too aggressive...

Thanks DSettahr, yeah we know the general DEC regulations. We won't know our group size for sure till the day comes. People tend to drop out at the last minute. We can't find in the regulations by what distance groups have to be separated by to not be considered part of the same group. If we...

Hi all, I need some help from all of you well versed with the Catskills. The majority of my hiking is in the Dacks. Only been to the Cats twice so I'm not all that familiar with the area. Here is my dilemma. I'm a co-advisor of an outdoor recreation club at a college up in Watertown, NY (hour...

What an absolute joy it was to share my best friend Rob's (viewseeker) finishing day with him on such a wonderfully clear and warm day. Like he said in his trip report, his first high peak was when he tagged along on a hospital hike I put together where I work. So I'd like to think I had a part...

A few friends and I summited Cliff and Redfield from Uphill lean-to on Feb 6.

As you recall, when we got back to the cars my GPS was off. It had turned off presumeably due to battery failure sometime on our trip out. The track log shows the last entry as just before we made it to the start of the new old path, so that is when the batteries went belly up and I missed the...