After an 8 year hiatus, it was time to spend some more time in the Park. This years team: Dave Goodman, Gary Kuehn, Saran Taylor, Jeff Newsome and myself. The news we got upon arrival at Chimney Pond was that a couple of climbers had triggered an avalanche on the CIlley-Barber route. They were safe, but the Park authorities closed all the gullies to climbing. We were left we plenty to do as we still had access to the Pamola Ice Cliffs, skiing low down in the various bowls and of course a chance to do the classice ridge loop up the Cathedral Trail, over all the peaks in the South Basin, and down the Dudley Trail off of Pamola. In the end, that's exactly what we did. Most of it in really good weather.
GETTING CLOSE TO THE SO CALLED 'KNIFE EDGE' AND CHIMNEY PEAK, KATAHDIN, ME
WINTER HIKERS APPROACHING THE TOP OF CHIMNEY PEAK AT KATAHDIN, BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE
DAVE GOODMAN CAREFULLY DESCENDING TO THE CHIMNEY PEAK - PAMOLA PEAK COL AT KATAHDIN, BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE
THE MAIN HEADWALL OF BAXTER PEAK FROM THE NOTCH BETWEEN CHIMNEY AND PAMOLA, KATAHDIN, ME
WINTER HIKERS CAREFULLY DESCENDING TO THE CHIMNEY PEAK - PAMOLA PEAK COL AT KATAHDIN, BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE
LANDON FAKE HIGH ABOVE COUNTLESS LAKES IN NORTHERN MAINE AT THE TOP OF PAMOLA PEAK, BAXTER STATE PARK
LOOKING OVER TO THE NORTH BASIN FROM THE TOP OF PAMOLA PEAK, BAXTER STATE PARK, ME
HIKERS DESCENDING THE DUDLEY TRAIL OFF PAMOLA PEAK TO CHIMNEY POND, BAXTER STATE PARK ( KATAHDIN ), ME
DAVE GOODMAN AND GARY KUEHN WITH THEIR SLEDS AT THE EDGE OF BASIN PONDS, KATAHDIN, BAXTER STATE PARK, MAINE