My unofficial list of opening dates for the Park and Katahdin trails:
  • ’21 May 28th for the Hunt (the AT) and Abol trails.
  • ’20 July 1st due to Covid-19.
  • ’19 Park delayed opening tote roads and campgrounds. May 15th opening postponed. All Katahdin trails were closed until June 14th.
  • ’18 Park delayed openings of tote roads and campgrounds. Abol opened May 21st, Hunt opened May 24th, major portion of tote road still closed.
  • ’17 Park delayed opening some campgrounds, Hunt and Abol open May 27th.
  • ’16 The Hunt Trail opened on May 27th
  • ’15 Park delayed opening some campgrounds. Hunt open May 22nd. (Summit snow on the 23rd!)
  • '14 The Hunt Trail opened on 5/29/2014, with a flagged detour just below the monkey bars. - Abol closed for season.
  • '13 May 24th
  • '12 May 20th
  • '11 Park canceled traditional May 15th opening, Abol open Memorial day weekend, Hunt a few days after.
  • '10 May 25th
  • '09 May 20th for both Hunt and Abol
  • '08 Park canceled traditional May 15th opening, Abol and Hunt open May 29th.
  • '07 May 31st
  • '06 Abol May 15th, Hunt May 18th
  • '05 June 4th
  • '04 May 16th, the AT was a brook between the Falls and the Hunt Spur.
  • '03 May 24th
  • '02 May 15th (Day hikers summited via Abol May 10th)
  • '01 prior to May 20th
  • '00 Memorial Day Weekend
  • '99 May 18th (per South Walker '99)

The 2022 SoBo’s Guide to Baxter and Katahdin