Appalachian Trail 100 mile wilderness hike

[Ultrarunner]

Anyone up for hiking the Hundred Mile Wilderness late August/early September?

[Boghog1]

if my vacation time wasn't gone

[Ultrarunner]

I am.

Funny you posted this so recently. I started doing the head work for a solo trip from Bell Pond to Katahdin two days ago. Still need to figure out how late in the season Baxter is open though, as I'm not sure I can get a 10 day stretch like that off from work until the very end of Sept / early Oct.

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I haven't hiked any of the Maine AT but I have heard that if Baxter is closed, you can still ascend, but they won't help you if you get in trouble....I've always felt its a little ridiculous to PAY to be in the woods....

[lemonlime571]

What's the estimated hike time? I assume 5-6 days...

[Boghog1]

7-10 days is the norm, it could be done in less. it is wet from my understanding with numerous water crossings

[Cerfur]

Hey i am a new member here have some health issues right now but thinking October But was looking more into doing vermont as the rules as far as primitive camping are far better I also am generally a 8-10 mile a day hiker max I am a stop and smell the roses guy not a pusher the concept that someone mentioned to do 100 miles in 5 or 6 days blows my mind thats killer if you can do it and enjoy that sort of thing wow! I haven't backpacked in a over a year had a bone marrow transplant last September and need to get back into the swing of things but even as a teen I never broke much more then ten miles a day 8 is my happy place I also love to hike in october you can hunt for your dinner legally grouse bunnys are in season! I avoid the 2 weeks of shotgun deer season and defintly have some blaze orange on!

[Cerfur]

i most certainly would not try to sustain on bunnys and grouse lol..I just like to have something to do while back packing and i love to hunt.. defiantly made a mistake as i read 100 mile wilderness as a 100 mile hike my apologies..as for my current health issues would be cgvhd of the eyes basically my new immune system is attacking my eyes witch has stopped them from producing tears,, and makes my vision blurry I am seeing a specialist in the next couple weeks who can hopefully improve the situation as my eyes dry up quickly when i go outside.. also considering how much it sucks to try to read a computer screen is why I likely read the post wrong..

[Cerfur]

pending on what I plan on hunting if its only going to be bunnies and i am thinking weight i bring along a 22 pistol a walther p22 and a box of 100 rounds is about 2 pounds not bad.. if i am thinking grouse as well and dont mind some extra weight i have a youth 20 gauge that packs well i have a long sock i put over it and no buddy know what it is.. also a little 410 youth model is cool i have a friend with a pink one believe it or not he got it cheep and its so bright you cant lose it lol.. I have yet to see the 10.22 take down but seems like maybe a good idea again with the weight you have to consider.. I also always pick up a non resident hunting licence if i am not in Massachusetts Vermont has a small game one for like 20 bucks non resident Maine on the other hand is quite exspencive as i recall

[Boghog1]

Cerfer a couple of hikes you may want to look into are the Monadnock Sunapee greenway and section hiking the Long trail in Vermont

http://www.msgtc.org/ 50 miles

http://www.greenmountainclub.org/page.php?id=2 273miles

Another lesser known hike is

http://www.wapack.org/ 21 miles

I'm sure MA has some nice hikes as well, if you live that way and there are several places where you could do and 8 mile hike while hunting and then hike out the following day. I would also avoid hunting on "hiking" trails as they are filled with granola crunching, tree hugging, save the whale types

[MassMark]

MA does have some nice hikes. Monterey to Greylock is a nice clip. For shorter excursions, using Greylock as a base and hiking out is a great option as well.