Baldpate Mountain
Baldpate Mountain is located in Maine, United States. It has an elevation of 1154 meters above sea level. It is located at the following coordinates: (44.6092, -70.8924)Write a Hike Report
Baldpate Mountain Oct 16, 2007
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I did this hike on Oct 15, 2007, with two friends of mine - Bobby and Ben. We hit the trail at about 6:50 AM. We expected to take most of the day on this hike, so started early. The parking lot at Grafton Notch was deserted, which I had never seen before!
It was a chilly, cloudy morning, and we were skeptical that we would see any good views (we were sort of right!). When you start out on the trail up to Baldpate, you won't have gone very far before you find a fork which lets you go off the AT to climb Table Rock. We did not take this trail, because Ben said it was quite steep, and we would want to save that energy for later in the day. So we continued on the AT, and eventually came to a second fork which allowed you to take a 0.5 mile detour to the top of Table Rock. We did this.
Table Rock is amazing (even on a cloudy, misty day). You have about a 900 foot sheer drop to Route 26, and views of Old Speck and other mountains. It was strange to be so close (more...)
It was a chilly, cloudy morning, and we were skeptical that we would see any good views (we were sort of right!). When you start out on the trail up to Baldpate, you won't have gone very far before you find a fork which lets you go off the AT to climb Table Rock. We did not take this trail, because Ben said it was quite steep, and we would want to save that energy for later in the day. So we continued on the AT, and eventually came to a second fork which allowed you to take a 0.5 mile detour to the top of Table Rock. We did this.
Table Rock is amazing (even on a cloudy, misty day). You have about a 900 foot sheer drop to Route 26, and views of Old Speck and other mountains. It was strange to be so close (more...)
