The eighth annual Plum Creek Wilderness Sled Dog Race in Greenville, originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2, has been postponed one week due to the effects of warm rainy weather on trail conditions. Race organizers’ primary concern is the safety of sled dog teams. Snow predicted for next week should bring trails back to prime shape […]
The annual Winter Carnival in Waterville, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2, was canceled Thursday morning due to recent high temperatures and heavy rain. This is the second year in a row organizers have been forced to cancel the big event. Last year, the cancelation was due to dangerous ice and lack of snow cover. Even […]
Difficulty: Easy. The 0.5-mile loop trail travels over even terrain. The biggest difficulty walkers may face is water; the trail is soggy in the spring and can be icy in the winter, depending on snow cover. How to get there: The trailhead to the Sherwood Forest Park loop trail is located at the end of […]
No one won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Sherwood Forest Park in January 2013 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: “Once again, the Maine outdoors has lifted my spirits after a bout of sickness. On Saturday, I got that awful stomach bug that’s going around (something that I’d rather […]
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming to Maine on Feb. 1 and will remain in the state for ten days to screen at locations in Bangor, Ellsworth, Rockport and Portland. This exciting show is a line-up of amazing new independent documentaries and short feature films on extreme outdoor sports, wildlife and culture. […]
The application deadline for the summer 2013 Maine Youth Wilderness Program — nine days and eight night immersed in the wilderness of Baxter State Park — is Feb. 4, though some past materials have stated the deadline to be mid-February, according to Barbara Bentley, president of the nonprofit Friends of Baxter State Park, which organizes […]
Difficulty: Easy-moderate. The preserve’s main trail, the Blue Trail, travels over fairly even terrain. From the trailhead, around the loop and back is about 3 miles. How to get there: From the Stillwater Avenue-Essex Street intersection in Bangor, drive about 4 miles north on Essex Street, passing Church Road on your left. Take you next […]
Kevin Foss and Candace Hart won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Walden-Parke Preserve in January 2013 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: “I’ve been a little sickly the past week, as I know many others have been. The air seems to be full of bugs, viruses and […]
This is a map of all of my “1-minute hikes,” which is an ongoing web video series of trails I visit throughout the state of Maine. Each week, I pick a new trail, and I take my camera (and therefore, you) with me. The project began at the beginning of November 2011, and I’ve visited […]
In response to a weekend story about snowshoe races, which included a list of popular Maine snowshoe spots, several readers asked for the BDN Outdoors to compile a similar list of cross-country ski areas. Great idea. So, without further ado, here’s an incomplete list of cross-country ski areas throughout the state: View Maine cross country […]
