[at-l] Planning Maine Section Hike for July

[TRich at FDIC.gov (Rich, Timothy D.)]

Greetings,

I'm hiking Gorham to Rangeley in September.  We'll fly from Atlanta into
Boston and take the bus straight to Gorham on the start, but I'd also like
any suggestions on how to get back from Rangeley.

Would it be better to get a shuttle back to Gorham and take the bus back to
Boston, or shuttle all the way from Rangeley to Bangor?

Thanks,

Tim
-----Original Message-----
"Papa Bear" <papabear.nyc@verizon.net> wrote:

I'm planning a week's trip to Maine soon after the 4th of July:

Day 1: Day hike the AT from South Arm Road to Route 17 (Old Blue / Bemis)
and bag Elephant along the way. About 15 miles including bushwhack. Stay in
Andover.

Day 2 - 7. Backpack the AT from Stratton to Monson. About 72 miles.
Tentative schedule:

2) Highway 27 to Safford Notch campsite: 10.4 miles (The Bigelows: Horn,
West, Avery)
3) Safford Notch cs to West Carry Lean-to: 12.2 miles (Little B, Roundtop)
4) West Carry L-t to Pierce Pond Lean-to: 10.0 miles
5) Pierce Pond L-t to Pleasant Pond Lean-to. Stop at Caratunk for
maildrop: 10.3 miles (cross Kenebec)
6) Pleasant Pond L-t to Moxie Bald Lean-to: 13.1 miles (Moxie Bald Mt.)
7) Moxie Bald L-t to Monson: 16.6 miles (Very easy hiking).

Any special points of interest or suggestions? I love side trails.

Working on shuttles as we speak.  Any ideas for that?

Pb