We woke up early and hiked Mahoosuc Notch today. It's said to be the toughest mile on the AT and we can see why! Boulder after boulder and root after root, hand over hand was the only way through it. It was a tough mile but it was fun and no one got hurt. The whole experience was unique and I'm happy we were all together for the experience.
There were some spots we had to climb up over boulders and other spots we had to climb under huge boulders. We had to take our packs off for one section that went under and into a tight space. When we first walked into the notch we walked down and immediately felt a temperature change. Some spots were cold enough to still have snow and ice, it was crazy! Then, all of a sudden, you'd walk up and it'd be warm again.
We hiked to a campsite right after the notch and decided to stay and call it an early day. There was rain in the forecast for most of the afternoon and the next part of the trail is difficult. We're going to go up 1500 feet in less than a mile and is mostly rocks and crazy climbs. The rocks get slippery in the rain and a southbounder told us to forget about hiking it if it's raining. We're going to bed early and getting up early and hiking Mahoosuc arm. It's so quiet in the woods here, Maine is peaceful.
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| Trail before we got to Mahoosuc Notch |
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| Bubbles climbing down |
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| Almost to the Notch! |
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| Smudgy Cheeks starting the Mahoosuc Notch |
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| Snow on July 29th! |
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| Bubbles climbing |
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| Bubbles climbing through boulders |
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| Smudgy Cheeks climbing up boulders |
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| Smudgy Cheeks being a hero |
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| Smudgy Cheeks telling Bubbles how to get through this spot |
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| Smudgy Cheeks taking a short break |
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| Bubbles on the trail |
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| Bubbles on the trail |
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| View of where we need to go! |
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| Smudgy Cheeks traversing the trail |
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| Bubbles coming down the trail |
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| Sprout with the trial behind me |
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| Bubbles and Sprout loving life on the trail together! |
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| Here comes Bubbles |
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| White blazes turning into arrows to help get through the Notch |
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| Bubbles hanging on! |
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Bubbles
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| View of our trail today |
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| Bubbles carefully stepping through roots |
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| Mushrooms in the notch |
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| Tree growing on boulders |
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| This rock formation looks like an animals head |
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| Roots |
Day: 124
Miles hiked: 2.5
Total Miles hiked on the trail: 1053.4
Bears: 0
Bluegill: 2
Butterflies: 8
Chipmunks: 3
Cows: 24
Crawfish: 1
Deer: 20
Donkeys: 2
Grouse: 1
Horses: 12
Hummingbird: 1
Inchworm: 1
Really Big Dog: 1
Mice: 2
Nest of bugs: 2
Newts: 2
Owl: 1
Rabbit: 1
Skunk: 1
Snail: 1
Snake: 2
Squirrels: 11
Toads: 3
Trout: 2
Turkeys: 4
Turtles: 107
Vultures: 6
Woodpecker: 1
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