The new Winter Solo Camping and Climbing permit should please many climbers and other backcountry travelers. However, climbers should note that the regulations also explicitly restrict free soloing on technical terrain during the winter. “The climbing of technical routes ropeless is not allowed,” W...
I just got back to the Jack Mountain Field School from a great day hike in Baxter State Park in Maine. We arrived around 10 am (a few hours later than we’d planned, gotta have coffee right?) to find the parking lots servicing the three trails that wind up to the peak of Katahdin...
Get ThereFrom East Millinocket, take I-95 north 19 miles to ME 11 north, and go west on ME 159 in nine miles. Go 25 miles to Matagamon Gate, park at the canoe launch, and road walk .6 mile to the trailhead. Gear UpNicatou Outfitters, Medway. (207) 746-7211;mainecampingtrips.com...