My first hike of spring is to an old favorite, Vienna Mountain, with its high blueberry barrens, and spectacular views. On many a day, I have made a way to this out-of-the-way…
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…
One of my New Year’s Resolutions (Remember those?) is to hike Western Maine peaks that once were once home to Maine Forest Service fire towers. I have hiked a good many of…
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…
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.…
On a bright and blustery fall day, I hoist my backpack, and take to the trail along the northern extremes of the Downeast Maine coast, where great swells roll in from the…
In a stretch of sun-brightened days I rise at an early hour to be on-trail at the break of day – destination, 4120’ Saddleback Mountain near Rangeley. My truck is the first…
The Doe A doe plunges into the waters of Brookside Cove on Mooselookmeguntic Lake, adding a sound more like crash than splash to a stormy, rain-pelting afternoon. She has hit the…
Opening day? No, and yes. This is not a fly-fishing article, and the calendar does nor register April 1. But I have made my way to Perham Stream, on a rain-washed day,…
A new hiking season is upon us! Temperatures are warming, footpaths are drying, wildflowers of the North Woods appear in abundance, migrating birds return to fill the hills with call and song,…