#appalachiantrail — Public Fediverse posts

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September 30, 1983, 43 years ago today: There was no third consecutive night hike yesterday, but I did not miss it by much. At 6:20, the Appalachian Trail passed a small peninsula thrust into an enormous expanse of water. Along the eastern edge, a string of about a dozen aging wooden cabins slumbered beneath giant pines of even greater antiquity along a gravel shore.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 29, 1983, 43 years ago today: The higher slopes of Boardman were decked out mostly in the dusky teals of a spruce-fir forest, but streaks of color added bright accents. Now miles away, the ridges and ravines of the Whitecap Range were visible in great detail in the crystalline air.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #maine #mountains #nature #lake #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 29, 1983, 43 years ago today: A relatively-level ridge walk led to Mountain View Pond. Across the small, crystal-clear lake, Boardman Mountain’s slopes were aflame with fall colors.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #maine #mountains #nature #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: At the bottom of the long descent from the Chairback range was the second-biggest water ford on the Appalachian Trail: the West Branch of the Pleasant River.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: The climb of Chairback Mountain was easy, and an expanse of craggy, buckled slate gray rock cliffs around the summit had the best views of the entire range.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: The climb of Chairback Mountain was easy, and an expanse of craggy, buckled slate gray rock cliffs around the summit had the best views of the entire range.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: The climb of Chairback Mountain was easy, and an expanse of craggy, buckled slate gray rock cliffs around the summit had the best views of the entire range.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: The climb of Chairback Mountain was easy, and an expanse of craggy, buckled slate gray rock cliffs around the summit had the best views of the entire range.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 28, 1983, 43 years ago today: The climb of Chairback Mountain was easy, and an expanse of craggy, buckled slate gray rock cliffs around the summit had the best views of the entire range.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The Appalachian Trail continued eastward along a humpy and hummocky ridge. It traveled a rugged course with constant sharp ups and downs through high, windswept forests. Masses of slender downed fir limbs and plenty of blown down trees lie among the moss and rocks of the crest.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #mountains #forest #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail

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September 27, 1983, 43 years ago today: The trail’s first breakout from the woods was about halfway up the mountain at the top of Barren Slide, where fractured slate cliffs trailed a jumble of boulders far down the mountainside, leaving a path of destruction which had obliterated a huge chunk of forest. I took another long break there.

#backpacking #hiking #outdoors #landscapephotography #Maine #nature #forest #mountains #AppalachianTrail