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Hey Jeff,

Parking here is possible only if we have room. Generally leaving cars over the weekend is not possible but if it's mid-week or short duration it should be okay - call to arrange. Our...

Hey Driver8, do you have a link to where you saw that posted? I'd like to correct it if possible. We definitely do not have a minimum stay for bunks.

Hi!

RickB, thanks for the correction. I thought we'd added a "contact" page. I'll work on that later today

Serena and Chet have got to know each other pretty well over the past several weeks....

Thank you!

It means a lot to be getting such positive feedback. We've had to deal with the internal "What if no one shows up?" question quite a bit and it's a huge relief to hear people in the...

Hey ExNihilo,

Our laundry policy is borrowed from Marny's "White Mountains Lodge and Hostel" in Shelburne NH. We stayed there last summer and decided her policy was great. We picked up TONS of...

Hey!

My name is Justin and this summer my fiancee Serena and I will be opening up the Notch Hostel! It's incredible how fast word travels in the hiking community- Serena and I have just started...

Well I can't quite figure out what happened to the rest of my trip report =/ quite a bit of time spent on something the forum gobbled up.

To abbrieviate what you'll have to trust was an...

TL;DR http://imgur.com/a/I7cB0

The trip was a most excellent lesson in humility.

We set out mid-day saturday 3/10/12 with 35 pound packs and a single expedition rigged sled in tow. Our goal was to finish the entire 100 mile...

Thanks for all the advice.

So far, weather has cooperated, although we're still a month out.

Final decision will be made at the trail head with plenty of opportunity to change our minds the...

Great, I'll make a preliminary call today to the Maine Warden Service and follow up as we approach March. I'm aware that this trip hinges on what the weather does for the next 6 weeks. One hiker's...

Fiddlehead-

You're addressing virtually everything I've been concerned about!

Golden RD IS open, I've checked w/ baxter state park rangers. we'll have a car spotted at the Abol Bridge. ...

On trimble outdoors, someone has waypointed virtually everything along the 100 mile wilderness. We will have standard navigation as backup only, relying heavily on a Garmin GPS Map 62S as our...

Doc, I apologize by my choice of words or the flippant tone you took from my post. I'm aware that this is a serious undertaking and that we'll be starting with ~50 pound pack. Thanks for your...

Smooth / Wasabi, thanks for the response. As I mentioned in another post, there are 4 of us going on the trip. we do have a small 4 man 3 season that should do for this time of year.

You...

Lazarus- thanks, our team is 4 people. We are strong winter hikers with experience ranging from Mt Rainier, to winter presidential traverse etc.. none of us have spent this long in the woods without...

all solid advice. I'll be monitering snow for the next two months. I have MSR 25 Lightning ascents w/ flotation tails.. We do have a SPOT transmitter for the trip.

Thanks, the "ice bridge"...

I'm planning a backpacking trip in two months through Maine's 100 mile wilderness.

Has anyone section hiked this area in the winter?