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  1. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    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
  2. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  3. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  4. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  5. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  6. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  7. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  8. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  9. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  10. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    [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...
  11. hikersinger

    Another Winter Baxter Adventure: South Brother + Coe, in deep snow

    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...
  12. hikersinger

    Hale Fire Road Access - Little River Road Winter Access Twins and Hale

    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...
  13. hikersinger

    Baxter / Katahdin in Autumn, with an NE 100 finish: Day 3, NE 100 Finish

    ... 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 -...
  14. hikersinger

    Baxter / Katahdin in Autumn, with an NE 100 finish: Day 2, Katahdin

    ... 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 -...
  15. hikersinger

    Baxter / Katahdin in Autumn, with an NE 100 finish: Day 1, Sentinel Mountain

    ... 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...
  16. hikersinger

    Baxter / Katahdin in Autumn, with an NE 100 finish: Intro + Basecamp

    Day 0 - Intro + Basecamp - Drive to Millinocket, Maine and into Baxter State Park - Check into Sentinel Cabin, on the shore of Kidney Pond 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...
  17. hikersinger

    Goose Eye (3870') via the Wright loop, for NE 97/100

    Route: - trailhead at end of Bull Branch Road, near Sunday River resort - Wright Trail to Mahoosuc Trail / AT, via closed north fork - Mahoosuc Trail / AT south over Goose Eye - East Peak - Mahoosuc Trail / AT south to Goose Eye Trail to Goose Eye - West Peak - Goose Eye Trail back to Mahoosuc...
  18. hikersinger

    Dorset (3770') and Stratton (3940') for 87/88 of NE 100

    Dorset - Tower Road trailhead, logging road to old fire tower herd path - Separate herd path down to logging road further up - Herd path to Dorset summit - Back down via herd path and logging roads - Total: 6.6mi, 2300' gain - GPS track / photos: https://www.strava.com/activities/1083679749...
  19. hikersinger

    Equinox Mountain, for 86 of NE 100

    Route - Red Gate Trail, from trailhead lot on West Union Street, Manchester, VT (.3 mile?) - Blue Summit Trail - returned the same way, for total of 5.4 miles and 2800' gain GPS Track / Photos: https://www.strava.com/activities/1082285324 Equinox is perhaps one of the more underwhelming...
  20. hikersinger

    Bushwhack Duo: Nancy (3926') & Vose Spur (3862') for 84/85 of NE 100

    ... continue from above ... Knowing we had some mileage to go, we didn't dwell too long and started down picking up the Nancy Pond trail again. What had been misty around Norcross Pond before we took the herd path, was now completely clear, and we were able to look out across the Pemi...
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