AT in Maine

August 26-31, 2006

 

Saturday August 26 - Monday August 28:  Pollywog Stream to Abol Bridge Campground; 17.5 miles

Jenni and Ralph on the bridge over Pollywog Stream

 
Rainbow Stream

 		 Rainbow Deadwaters
 
Rainbow Stream Lean-to
 		 Rainbow Stream in front of the Lean-to
 
Day 2:  Mist on the stream in the early morning

 		 Crossing Rainbow Stream

 
Bear scat in the trail

 		 Large rock with moss and ferns

 
Trail along Rainbow Lake

 		 On Rainbow Ledges

 
Day 3: Leaving Hurd Brook Lean-to in a misty rain

 		 Walking along the Golden Road

 
Crossing Abol Bridge with a logging truck in the mist

 

 

Tuesday August 29: Abol Bridge Campground to Katahdin Stream Campground; 9.8 miles

 

Nesowadnehunk Falls on the Nesowadnehunk Stream which flows into the West Branch of the Penobscot River in the distance.
 
Lower Fork of the Nesowadnehunk Stream

 		 Difficult crossing of the Lower Fork

 
Big Niagara Falls on the Nesowadnehunk Stream

 		 Washing up before lunch

 
Above the falls
 Below the falls
End of the section; the parking lot at Katahdin Stream Campground

 

Thursday August 31:  Katahdin Stream Campground to the Hunt Spur; 2.8 miles

Entering Baxter State Park with Katahdin in the distance

 		 A Class 1 Day; but note the last line

 
The trail up

 		 Emerging from the trees

 
View north

 		 View southwest

 

As we climbed above tree line we began the scramble up the rather exposed Hunt Spur.  The wind was a howling 30-40 mph and the temperature was 45 and dropping.  Although we had just 2.4 miles to go to the summit of Katahdin and the end of the AT, we decided that the safer choice was to retreat.  So we will return another day.
 
We chatted with this fellow on the way down.

 

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Last updated: October 1, 2006