I camped at Chimney Pond this week. The late summer weather was perfect for my hike up the Hamlin Ridge trail and across the northern side of Katahdin on the North Peaks trail. Fall color has started to appear on the mountain.
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Light on Pamola Peak
Late day light highlights Pamola Peak on Mount Katahdin.
View from Hamlin Ridge
Looking east from Katahdin’s Hamlin Ridge. The view includes North and South Turner Mountains, Blueberry Pond and Blueberry Knoll in the North Basin, Basin Ponds, Dry Pond, South Branch Pond, Katahdin Lake, and the mountains in Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
South Basin from the Knife Edge
A view of the South Basin and Chimney Pond from Katahdin’s Knife Edge, with the headwalls of the North Basin in the background.
Katahdin Tableland
Looking toward Hamlin Peak from the Katahdin tableland. The Saddle Trail is at the left edge (center).
Knife Edge
Looking back at Chimney and Pamola Peaks from the Knife Edge on Katahdin.
On the Knife Edge
I hiked Katahdin on the day of the partial solar eclipse. I took the Helon Taylor trail to Pamola Peak, crossing the Knife Edge to Baxter Peak, down the Saddle Trail to Chimney Pond and back to Roaring Brook. Beautiful weather for hiking the Knife Edge and I arrived at Baxter Peak (the highest point in Maine) just as the eclipse was due to start. It might have gotten a bit darker but it was not really noticeable.
