Mile 2186 - Millinocket To Mile 2191 - Katahdin We were up early to catch a 6:30 am shuttle from our hostel into Baxter. There were three other hikers going as well and we all had breakfast together. The conversation was mainly about how none of us could sleep the night before because of the … Continue reading Day 70. Katahdin

Mile 2179 - Abol Pines To Mile 2186 - Millinocket Baxter requires hikers climbing Katahdin to start before 9:00 am this time of year. The distance from the park entrance where we started today to the base of the mountain is about ten miles, so our plan was to hike into the park today to … Continue reading Day 69. Baxter

Mile 2164 - Rainbow Spring To Mile 2179 - Abol Pines We walked out of the 100 mile wilderness and made a beeline for the one store between there and the entrance to Baxter. It is just a tiny shop associated with a campground there, so it mainly had rv supplies and fishing tackle, but … Continue reading Day 68. Civilization

Mile 2147 - Namacanta To Mile 2164 - Rainbow Spring The trail really starts to flatten out now until Katahdin, so despite the soggy ground, we are able to walk quite a bit faster. The rain is ending and our focus is on exiting the wilderness. There is a small camp store that we will … Continue reading Day 67. Picking up the Pace

Mile 2128 - Stealth To Mile 2147 - Namacanta We were fortunate to complete the last big descent in this section yesterday in good weather. The rain started overnight and continued all day. However, the rain was light and the trail not too slippery so it did not slow us down. Raindrops In addition to … Continue reading Day 66. Reflection

Mile 2112 - Carl Newhall Shelter To Mile 2128 - Stealth Today was our last big climb before Katahdin. We have been able to catch glimpses of it this week, but today we could clearly make it out in the distance. It seems strange that we will be there in just a few days. On … Continue reading Day 65. White Cap

Mile 2096 - Cloud Pond To Mile 2112 - Carl Newhall Shelter A cold morning made it challenging to want to venture out of the tent, but we still got a fairly early start. The day began with several peaks of Chairback mountain, followed by a long, gradual ascent to our camping spot about halfway … Continue reading Day 64. Chairback

Mile 2079 - Leeman Brook To Mile 2096 - Cloud Pond Our first full day in the 100 mile wilderness was spectacular. We hiked from sunrise to sunset, pausing countless times to just enjoy the beauty of this area. Morning sky Falls Rock hop Forrest Pause to take in an amazing view Waiting for dinner … Continue reading Day 63. Cloud Pond

Mile 2076 - Shaw's Hostel To Mile 2079 - Leeman Brook We used the morning today to rest at the hostel, resupply, and plan our entrance and exit from Baxter. We also walked to the ATC information center in town to pick up our thru hiker registration tags since this was our first opportunity to … Continue reading Day 62. Entering the 100 Mile Wilderness

Mile 2056 - Bald Mountain Pond To Mile 2076 - Shaw's Hostel We stopped early yesterday because the trail was much slower than expected and we could not get as far as we planned before dark. The trail today was fairly easy and we had our longest day yet to get to Monson. We woke … Continue reading Day 61. Monson