This time up Katahdin I'd like to climb via the Abol Trail and down the Hunt Trail. Can someone comment on how difficult it is to climb up the Abol rocks?
This time up Katahdin I'd like to climb via the Abol Trail and down the Hunt Trail. Can someone comment on how difficult it is to climb up the Abol rocks?
The last time I came down the Abol Trail I was passed by a Mennonite woman in a long dress.
There is a lot of loose rock (skree) but if you're careful it isn't that bad.
Here's a good link for the Abol Trail. http://www.charleybradley.com/my-sna...ahdin-08c.html
"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for." - Louis L'Amour
Nice link, great pic's but climbing in Cotton Tee & Blue Jeans is asking for trouble even in July!
Interesting to see what the trail entails. This is the way we want to go - up the Abol and down Hunt. But I know we will need a ride from the ranger station at KS that am (July 1) to the trailhead. I don't plan to road walk before that climb. Gotta save my feet
It is a pretty walk. Only 2 miles. Could always stick out the thumb.
The road walk to me is the most dangerous part of the trip. The road is very narrow with no shoulders and on a dry day is real dusty when a car goes by.
Many folks go up the Abol trail. It is a direct route that goes roughly staight up a rock slide on Katahdin. If it is raining, or if it has recently rained and the rocks are wet, I would avoid this trail at ALL COSTS. but when rocks are dry i suspect it is very doable though it's not a trail I'd like to do.
David