Difficulty: Easy to moderate, depending on how much of the trail you choose to hike. Hiking to the trail’s highlight natural feature, Blueberry Ledges, from the trailhead on the Golden Road, is a 2.1-mile hike, making for an out-and-back hike of 4.2 miles. This section of the trail is fairly wide with a gradual incline. […]
And the answer is… Blueberry Ledges Trail in Baxter State Park! The winner, drawn randomly from all who guessed the location correctly, is Chris Bridges of Dexter! Enjoy the $50 L.L.Bean gift card, Chris. (It’s my holiday gift to you.) And thanks to everyone for playing. Come on back next Monday to play again! And if you’re interested in […]
December is a time of reflection. As the year winds to a close, I like to take a little time to look back over the past 12 months, at where I have been and what I did, at all the triumphs and failures, before diving headfirst into another year. For the most part, I do […]
Two squirrels in a wrestling match? At first, that’s what Marie Tessier of Bangor thought she was seeing as she stared at the moving ball of fur by the trail ahead of her. It was about 8 a.m. on Dec. 6, and she had been walking her dog in Prentiss Woods when the commotion caught […]
And the answer is… Angel Falls near Houghton and Rangeley! The winner, drawn randomly from all who guessed the location correctly, is Dylan Antone of Livermore Falls! Enjoy the $50 L.L.Bean gift card, Dylan. Come on back next Monday to play again! I will not be producing “1-minute hike” video of this hike to Angel Falls right now (I will […]
Difficulty: Moderate. The hike to the summit of Cameron Mountain, out-and-back, is 5 miles, and most of the hike is on smooth, wide multi-use trails that slope uphill gradually. The mountain reaches 811 feet above sea level, and the steepest section of trail is the final 0.1-mile side trail that leads to the summit. You can […]
And the answer is… Cameron Mountain in Lincolnville, in Camden Hills State Park! The winner, drawn randomly from all who guessed the location correctly, is Lisa Eames of Cumberland! Enjoy the $50 L.L.Bean gift card, Lisa. I’m impressed you know this small mountain in the park! And thanks to everyone for playing. Come on back next Monday to play […]
I don’t come from a skiing family, or a snowmobiling family. After I grew out of building snow horses and sledding down hills, I pretty much stayed indoors all winter, as docile and grumpy as a hibernating bear. Then, about five years ago, I was forced into the cold, snowy outdoors when I decided to […]
Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous. The trail network in the Little Moose Public Reserved Land Unit totals about 9 miles, but these interconnecting trails can be accessed by three trailheads, making the trail network easy to explore a few miles at a time. Little Moose Mountain has several peaks, the tallest of which reach just over […]
And the answer is… Little Moose Mountain (aka Little Squaw) near Greenville and Moosehead Lake! The winner, drawn randomly from all who guessed the location correctly, is Alicia Stone of I-don’t-know-where! Enjoy the $50 L.L.Bean gift card, Alicia. And thanks to everyone for playing. Come on back next Monday to play again! And if you’re interested in this mountain, stay tuned for […]
