Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, ME to Stratton Inn, Stratton, ME: Daily miles 13.5, Total miles 1991.0
Another pretty easy day. Maine has great scenery. Just another cruise into town. It has been weird doing the “one night out, one night inn” thing. Some people do this the whole way North. I can see some appeal in it, [...]
Day 98 – Stratton Inn, Stratton, ME
Day 97 – Spaulding Mountain Lean To, ME
Rangeley, ME to Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, ME: Daily miles 18.7, Total miles 1977.5
A long night. The people we stayed with and the southbounders were up until well past 2AM, 7 hours after I went to sleep, partying and being loud. Nothing wrong with it, just made it tough to sleep and I wish I would [...]
Day 96 – Rangeley, ME
Sabbath Day Pond Lean-To to Rangeley, ME: Daily miles 9.4, Total miles 1958.8
Easy day today, just a cruise. No real climbs. Found a flier on tree about some former thru hikers who lived in Rangely and were letting people stay at their house for free so we jumped on it. We were going in anyway, [...]
Day 95 – Sabbath Day Pond Lean-To, ME
Frye Notch Lean-To, ME to Sabbath Day Pond Lean-To, ME: Daily miles 31.6, Total miles 1949.4
Finally back to big mileage mode. Feels great to get in a big run. The plan was to go big today and make an easy day into Rangely tomorrow where both Crazy Legs and I have packages waiting. I can’t [...]
Day 94 – Frye Notch Lean To, ME
Carlo Col Shelter, ME to Frye Notch Lean-To, ME: Daily miles 19.9, Total miles 1917.8
Went through the legendary Mahousic Notch today. It was tough but didn’t live up to it’s reputation. We started at a good hour of the morning and were psyching ourselves up for “the hardest mile of the AT”. We rested at [...]
Day 93 – Carlo Col Shelter, ME
Hiker’s Paradise Hostel, Gorham, NH to Carlo Col Shelter, ME: Daily miles 17.0, Total miles 1897.9
Got a late start out of town because of breakfast and errands. I bought a new pair of North Face shoes to replace my Vasques which were about to fall off my feet and beginning to cause a lot of [...]
Day 92 – Hiker’s Paradise Hostel, Gorham, NH
Carter Notch Hut, NH to Hiker’s Paradise Hostel, Gorham, NH: Daily miles 15.3, Total miles 1880.9
The nicest day in a while. The views weren’t great but the miles were easy and that was a nice break. We just cruised into town and got down to the relaxing. We ate pizza and putine and headed to [...]
Day 91 – Carter Notch Hut, NH
Madison Springs Hut, NH to Carter Notch Hut, NH: Daily miles 13.7, Total miles 1865.6
Got dried out and hit the trail early trying to get a big day in. The dry didn’t last long and we rolled into Pinkham notch as the thunder started. I had a mail drop from Hannah at the visitor center [...]
Day 90 – Madison Springs Hut, NH
Mizpah Springs Hut, NH to Madison Springs Hut, NH: Daily miles 11.8, Total miles 1851.9
Woke up early again and had breakfast with the croo. The food has made the Whites one of the nicest places on the trail. Crazy Legs and I left the hut and headed into the highest peaks in the Whites and [...]
Day 89 – Mizpah Springs Hut, NH
Galehead Hut, NH to Mizpah Springs Hut, NH: Daily miles 21.1, Total miles 1830.1
Finally a good day in the Whites. Got out after breakfast and cruised along across some of the easiest terrain in days. Had a few big rocky climbs, but my legs felt good. Awesome views even though it rained on and off. [...]
