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What discoveries have you made on your Maine woods hikes this winter? On a clear, sun-struck, morning, I stand on a small headland at the edge of South Bog Stream Cove in the southwest corner of Rangeley Lake. Here, South Bog Stream, ice and snow covered on this mid-winter day, enters the lake on a
"When I traveled to hike Little Bigelow Mountain, I didn’t let the name lull me into the false impression that the hike would be easy."
This was not quite the plan. Successive late fall storms had dropped staying snow across Northern Franklin County. Days before, I hiked Perham Stream Birding in East Madrid with long views to the Saddleback and Mt. Abraham Ranges, on a bright, see-forever day. I was looking for more of the same. Next in sight: A
A November article on a mid-summer hike might seem a bit out of season. However, Maine’s Boundary Peak rises smack in the middle of the international border between Maine and with Quebec. Reaching the summit from the Quebec side requires advance planning – for example, a Passport for each member of the hiking party, and
After camping in a tent in Florida, Wiscasset native Carla Urquhart Pierce set off on the adventure of a lifetime hiking the Appalachian Trail to Maine. Although she started the epic hike in late March with her cousin, Pierce would spend almost five...