Mount Katahdin: Pamola, Chimney, South, Baxter, and Hamlin Peaks ~ September 4th, 2013

 Wilderness info sign at Roaring Brook
Chimney Pond Trail Sign

Trail info sign at Roaring Brook
 Helon Taylor Trail info
 Rainbow climbing out of the Great Basin
 Helon Taylor Trail in the scrub approaching treeline
 Looking down the Helon Taylor Trail
 Basin Ponds
 Millinocket Lake (I think)
 First view of Chimney Peak
 Pamola, Chimney Peak, and the beginning of the Knife Edge
 First clear view of the Knife Edge
 Helon Taylor Trail above treeline is a mixture of rocks, boulders, and gravel
 Clouds rushing in over the Keep Ridge
 Hiking up to Pamola Peak
 Beautiful day to be above treeline!
 Chimney Peak
 Early morning sun battling with the clouds above Keep Ridge on the Helon Taylor Trail
 The group making its way along the Helon Taylor Trail
 Horizontal clouds and vertical clouds intertwining
 Cool clouds above Keep Ridge
 Helon Taylor Trail
 Clouds swirling above Keep Ridge
 A hiker in red tackles the Chimney
 Keep Ridge
 The knife Edge from Pamola Peak
 Knife edge half covered in clouds
 Pamola Peak
 Pamola Peak summit
 Knife Edge
 Looking over to South Peak
 Hikers climbing up the Chimney
 Whitney makes her way off Pamola Peak
 Two hikers from Maryland coming off of Pamola Peak
 Mike and Stef 'down climbing'
 Make and Stef descending Pamola Peak
 Mike and Stef carefully making their way down into the Chimney / Pamola col
 Mike and Stef carefully planning their next move
 Looking back up to Pamola Peak
 Pamola Peak
 Hikers weaving their way off of Pamola Peak
 Pamola Peak
 The Knife Edge from Chimney Peak
Two hikers making their way across the spine of the Knife Edge 
 The Knife Edge is a jumbled narrow mass of rock that goes for a mile
 Tim and Whitney lead the way
 Roberta and Mark approaching the backbone
 Chimney and Pamola Peaks
 Slow going along the Knife Edge
 South and Baxter Peaks
 Roberta and Mark making their way through a short no fall zone section
 Tim heads across a tough spot on his butt
 Whitney and Tim battling the wind on the Knife Edge
 Hiking across the Knife Edge, a couple of feet to the right is a 1,500 foot drop off
 Chimney Pond
 Look ma no hands!
 Roberta making her way across a Razor Edge
 The Knife Edge
 Knife Edge to Baxter Peak
 Sling Shot 'Y' Slide below the Tableland
 Baxter Peak summit cairn
 Baxter Peak
 The Great Basin and Chimney Pond
 Chimney Pond
 Baxter Peak
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Mike making his way through the Knife Edge
 The Knife Edge in full view
 Knife Edge
 Kinfe Edge from South Peak
 Knife Edge from South Peak
 Knife Edge
Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Pamola and Chimney Peak
 Knife Edge from South Peak
The Knife Edge 
 Knife Edge
 More of the same, the Knife Edge
 Pamola and Chimney Peak
 Knife Edge
 The Knife Edge
 Chimney Peak
 Looking down into the Great Basin
 Mount Katahdin Summit Plaque
 The Knife Edge from Baxter Peak
Chimney Pond and the Great Basin 
 Chimney Peak
 Saddle Trail Sign
 The Sign
 Dogs on Katahdin!
 North Brother
 Mount Coe
 Double Top
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Pamola and the Chimney
 Group Photo!
 Saddle Trail
 Descending to the Saddle and Tableland
 Hamlin Peak
 Tableland
 Hamlin Peak
 Looking off towards Doubletop
 Doubletop
 Whitney leading the way through the Tableland
Baxter Peak Cut-Off Junction 
 Saddle Trail Junction
 Saddle Trail info
 Saddle Trail
 Looking back up to Baxter Peak area
 At the Saddle and Tableland
 Pamola Peak
 Pamola and Chimney Peaks
 The Great Basin
Index Rock on the Dudley Ridge 
 Dudley Ridge
 Saddle Trail
 Northwest Basin Trail
 The Chimney
 Pamola and the Chimney
 Dudley Ridge and the beginning of the Knife Edge
 Pamola and Chimney Peak
 Pamola and Chimney Peak
 Dudley Ridge
 The Great Basin
 Chimney Pond
 Chimney Pond cabins
 South Turner Mountain
 Looking back towards Baxter Peak
 Tableland
 Knife Edge
 Baxter Peak
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Lenticular Clouds
Looking down into the valley from the northwest Basin Trail 
Trail info sign  
 Northwest Basin / North Peaks Trail Junction
View from Hamlin Peak 
 Dudley Ridge, Pamola Peak, Chimney Peak, and the Knife Edge
Baxter Peak 
 The Tableland
 Baxter Peak
 Knife Edge
 Dudley Ridge
 Howe Peaks
 Looking down Hamlin Ridge to Basin Ponds
 Knife Edge
 Knife Edge
 Basin Ponds
 Hamlin Ridge
 Dudley Ridge
 A Waterfall in the Great Basin
 Knife Edge and the Great Basin
 Baxter Peak
 Hamlin Ridge and Basin Ponds
 Chimney Pond
 Knife Edge and the Great Basin
 Dudley Ridge
 Moss and algae rock face in the Great Basin 
 Dudley Ridge
 Dry Pond
 The Great Basin
 Knife Edge
 Waterfall in the North Basin
 Chimney Pond Trail and Roaring Brook
 Flooded Chimney Pond Trail
 Boardwalk along the Chimney Pond Trail
Hamlin Ridge from Basin Pond

No comments:

Post a Comment