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I would encourage you to look into joining the Maine Outing Club at UMO. A great group of folks who you will be able to learn from. They also maintain a section of the AT in Maine so you will be able...

Sorry that all ran together. Hope this is more readable.

2008 Schedule:

May 23 through July 17: 9:00 am to 11:00 am ONLY

July 18 through September 30: 9:00 am to 11:00 am AND 2:00 pm to...

Getting back to the original topic:

2008 Schedule:

2008 May 23 through July 179 a.m. to 11 a.m. onlyJuly 18 through September 309 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.October 1 through October...

The date that you keep hearing, Oct. 15, is the date that the park "closes" to overnight camping. It is still open for day use for a while after that date. Depending on weather and trail conditions,...

You are correct in stating that the weather in Maine is unpredictable, but that's ok, if you just wait a minute or two it will change (maybe not for the better though). Anyway, June especially could...

For those who may have attended the conference in NJ this past summer, they would have heard that the Safford Notch Trail, just East of Avery Peak, is one of the original AT sections. This was of...

Flooded out by the dam that created Flagstaff Lake next to Bigelow Mountain. In the fall when they daw down the lake, you can still see some foundations. And at the Round Barn Campsite, the old...

The road into this area has been greatly improved over the past few years. I maintain the section of trail from Pierce Pond Southbound and park at this road crossing every trip in there, and I have...

[is it still called an autopsy if it's not a cadaver, which is defined as a dead human body???]


It may be called a necropsy. When visiting a college recently, they brought in a seal which had...

in answer to # 3 above, a former maintainer for a section near this area used to fly in each year to maintain a section of trail, so yes it has been done before. I also remember seeing someone post...

Most of the trail maintainers try to get out and get the blowdowns removed by Memorial Day weekend - there are (as always) a few exceptions to this. Maine has had a lot of rain ths spring, thus the...