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Pierre Lefebvre (Oncoman) and I will be making a trip into Baxter State Park March 8 thru March 14. We are staying at the Doubletop cabin on Kidney Pond. On the agenda are North Brother, Fort, Mullen, OJI, Barren, and Owl. While there aren’t a lot of folks working on Maine 3ks in winter, this is...

Date of Hike: 11-29-14 Trail Conditions: Broken out. Unpacked powder. Snow depth about eight inches from trail head to summit Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes Comments: Downes Brook crossing was dicey but doable. Recommend using the logging road bypass as described in the WMG to avoid...

Date of Hike: Saturday, February 8 Trail Conditions: Trail was bare booted part way to Crawford spur trail, unbroken thereafter. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes and poles. Comments: Not much snow down low, perhaps six inches. Once past the Crawford spur trail, new snow depth increased...

Date of Hike: 1/25/14 Trail Conditions: about 12" of consolidated snow; 2" of powder on top of unsupportive crust. A few blowdowns that were easy to deal with. Stream crossing not a problem. Special Equipment Required: snowshoes, carried crampons but didn't need them. Comments: Van and I...

Date of Hike: 1-5-14 Trail Conditions: Trail broken out down low by a couple of skiers. Not broken further up. Sucker Brook crossing frozen, not a problem. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes Comments: Began the hike at the Three Ponds Trailhead on Stintson Lake Rd. About 14" - 16" of snow...

Date of Hike: 1-4-14 Trail Conditions: Trail was unbroken with 12" of powder down low and 16" on the ridge. Stream crossings were not a problem. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes Comments: Van and I began at Stintson Lake at the Three Ponds trailhead. Stintson Lake Road is plowed past the...

Date of Hike: 1-1-14 Trail Conditions: Tremont Trail broken out by Butterbuck, Brunel Trail unbroken. Decent track in place now. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes and poles required. Comments: Thanks to Butterbuck for breaking out the Tremont Trail on Monday! It allowed me to save energy...

Not wanting to waste the final (partial) day of winter, I decided to do a peak I have been putting off for some time, West Sleeper. I’ve been in the area on many occasions; East Sleeper, Tripyramids, and Fool Killer both summer and winter. Somehow, I left West Sleeper as a straggler six times...

Trail Conditions: Trail broken out, good track. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes and poles. Comments: Avalon trail has been well used. A-Z Trail broken out to the col and beyond. We followed it down to the bottom of the ridge where the old snomo trail diverges left. It appears that A-Z...

The National Weather Service announced yesterday that it is considering discontinuing or changing the NH and Maine higher summits forecast. It’s an important resource for hikers/climbers during the winter. Attached is a link to their announcement. They are asking for public feedback before...

Date of Hike: 12-31-09 Trail Conditions: Trail unbroken, mix of powder snow (little), unsupportive crust (lots), and some boilerplate in the windswept areas up top. Snow depths range from 12" to 18". Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes and poles. Comments: Trail is broken out, crust is...

Date of Hike: 12-19-09 Trail Conditions: Trail packed hard. 4” of snow at the trailhead, 8” at the summit. It’s bare-bootable with traction but a little rough. I used snowshoes. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes or Microspikes/Stabilicers. Comments: Super nice trail, well constructed and...

Date of Hike: 12-19-09 Trail Conditions: Trail unused since the last minor snowfall. 4” total snow at the trailhead, 8” at the summit. Good base underneath made for comfortable going. (Easy for me to say since I was late and Mark broke trail all the way to the summit...:o) Special Equipment...

Date of Hike: 12-13-09 Trail Conditions: The trail was broken out for the first mile or so, to 2200 ft. It was unbroken thereafter. There are a lot of blowdowns on the Tremont Trail, some old, some more recent. 8” of powdery snow down low, 16” higher up. Most rocks and roots are covered, making...

Date of Hike: 5-31-09 Trail Conditions: Rick Charett said it best: “Mud, mud, I love mud. I’m absolutely, positively wild about mud. I can’t go around it; I’ve got to go through it. Beautiful, fabulous, super duper mud!” Special Equipment Required: Your best Daks gear and apparel. Comments...

Date of Hike: 2/28/09 Trail Conditions: The Signal Ridge Trail was well broken out by several groups going to Carrigain. The Carrigain Notch Trail was not broken out. It doesn’t look like it has had much use this winter. The first stream crossing on the Signal Ridge Trail was easy and did not...

Date of Hike: 2-15-09 Trail Conditions: The trail to the Cascades was broken out and well packed. No one had ventured beyond there for some time. Given the consolidation of last week, trail breaking was not that difficult. We lost the Nancy herd path about 100 yards from it’s beginning at the...

Oncoman and I did White Cap and North Kennebago divide yesterday. On our way out, we ran into Maurice Pepin, the kind fellow you call to get permission to use and park on Canada Road (also shown as Kennebago Road on maps). He has been very accomodating to hikers this winter! He informed us that...

Date of Hike: 1-31-09 Trail Conditions: The road has 6” - 8” of new snow over a packed snowmobile track. In the woods, snowshoe penetration ranges from 12” to 18”. Nothing was broken out, either by snowmobiles or hikers. No sign of the New England Bushwhackers track on Jan 11. Special...

Date of Hike: 1-20-09 Trail Conditions: The route up to the first call has a good track, broken out by skis and snowshoes. There are a few blow downs but nothing significant. The trail from the first col to the summit is used by snowmobiles. Special Equipment Required: Snowshoes for the entire...