Hello
i was wondering if October 15 is the real cut off date to complete a Kathadin?
or if you are a little after that date are you pretty much screwed?
Thanks,
Calamine
Hello
i was wondering if October 15 is the real cut off date to complete a Kathadin?
or if you are a little after that date are you pretty much screwed?
Thanks,
Calamine
Once it snows and the park closes the Tote road, you have to wait until its Winter again and then you can climb Katahdin.
But usually, they close the park to overnight camping and still allow hikers to climb Katahdin weather permitting. Its a crapshoot.
campgrounds close on the 15th. the mountain doesn't
Katahdin Stream Campground and the Birches Long Distance site stay open until October 22nd, as they have for several years.
Trails up the mountain may close before campgrounds do.
If you're nobo, and late in the season, do this when you get to Monson:
Flip up to Baxter, summit, stay at Katahdin Stream, and hike the 100 back to Monson.
Call the Park for a reservation, and arrange a shuttle thru Shaws or Lakeshore House.
Buy your resupply for the 100 in Monson at Pete's Place or the new General Store.
Nobos guide to Baxter and Katahdin.
Hope this helps!
Teej
"[ATers] represent three percent of our use and about twenty percent of our effort," retired Baxter Park Director Jensen Bissell.
Thanks! Hopefully I'll make it without flip-flopping. I'm giving myself all of September, and as much time as possible in October.(starting from Mt Moosilauke.
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