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Katahdin / Russell Pond loop

10/15/2014

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     I have always wanted to do this loop at Baxter state park in Maine around, up and over Katahdin.  We made a day trip out of it which made for a very long day but good times were had by all.  Shawn McCardle and I left from my house in Mascarene at 1:30 am.  That's so early, it's late!  We met Jeremy Ritcey in Woodstock at 4 am and kept on going to make our parking reservations.
     We had perfect weather, although I do prefer a little more drama, for mountain travel and we started out at the Roaring Brook trail head.  From there we went up to Russell Pond on the said trail and then took a left onto the NW Basin Trail.  Once above treeline, we continued to the saddle, up to the peak and across the Knife Edge to Pamola. Then down the Helon Taylor. 

     Some of the trails were not well maintained and so running was a bit squirrely.  The Helon Talyor was all scrubby with thick krummholtz branches continually holding you back so you had to bob and weave and bust through. 
    
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    Bryan Gagner

    I have been trail running for about 30 years and am rejuvinated by it. Breathing deeply in the woods and wild places is something everyone should do, what ever their capability.

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