Hiking Maine's 4,000-Footers
Erschienen am 1. April 2021
208 Seiten
978-1-60893-698-4 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Including Tumbledown, Saddleback, the Bigelows, and of course Katahdin, Maine has 14 mountains over 4,000 feet in elevation. For hikers, it's a shared goal to summit all 14 of them. Registered Maine Guide Doug Dunlap has done just that, multiple times in fact, and he shares his wisdom and experience in this guide. Included are detailed directions to trail heads, trail routes and difficulty levels, what to expect as you hike, and other useful information to help you bag them all and have a blast doing it. Color maps and photos included.
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Rowman & Littlefield
Illustrationen
22 Color Photos, 17 Maps, 1 Tables
Dateigröße
20,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-60893-698-4 (9781608936984)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Doug Dunlap is a Registered Maine Guide who has hiked, paddled, snow-shoed, and skied the North Maine Woods for more than 40 years. He has written several guides for exploring the Western Maine mountains and foothills and lives in Farmington, Maine.
Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Caution!
- Before Hitting the Trail
- Welcome to the Maine Mountains!
- What to Expect
- Getting Ready
- On the Trail
- Peaks and Trails
- Mahoosuc Range
- Old Speck Mountain
- Saddleback Range
- Saddleback Mountain
- The Horn of Saddleback
- Mt. Abraham Range
- Mt. Abraham (a.k.a. Mt. Abram)
- Sugarloaf-Spaulding Range
- Spaulding Mountain
- Sugarloaf Mountain
- Crocker Range
- South Crocker Mountain
- North Crocker Mountain
- Redington Range
- Redington Mountain
- Bigelow Range and Bigelow Preserve
- Avery Peak
- West Peak
- Baxter State Park
- North Brother
- Hamlin Peak
- Katahdin
- End of the Trail: Additional and Helpful Information
- Out of the Ordinary
- The Hiker Box: Appendices
- Appendix A. Maine 4,000-Footers by Elevation
- Appendix B. Four-Thousand-Footer Club
- Appendix C. Keepers of the Trails: Trail-Maintaining Organizations Mentioned in This Book
- Appendix D. Trail Towns for Supplies, Gear, Food, Lodging, and Local Information
- Appendix E. Hiker Talk: Terms of the Trail
- Appendix F. Good Reads
- Acknowledgments
