White Cap Mountain
White Cap Mountain is located in Maine, United States. It has an elevation of 1111 meters above sea level. It is located at the following coordinates: (45.5545, -69.246)Write a Hike Report
White Cap Mountain Sep 12, 2009
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Hiking White Cap was supposed to be a brief interruption in a trip from Southern Maine to Fort Kent. It's not a huge mountain, so it shouldn't take much time, right?
Okay, somehow I missed the fact that the roads in Katahdin Iron Works are a maze of logging roads that have potholes as deep as my car. I spent more time driving (and scraping the bottom of my car) than I spent hiking the mountain.
Though I did get some nice scenery along the way...
View from the "road"
Nevertheless: Do not drive into KIW unless you have a high-posted vehicle!
It turned out I couldn't even get to the mountain; I had to park a long ways away and walk in to the mountain. Here's where I got out of my car, and that's White Cap in front of me:
White Cap
The trail is actually the Appalachian Trail, and it's well marked. White Cap is known among Appalachian Trail hikers as the spot where you get your first unobstructed view of Mount Katahdin.
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Okay, somehow I missed the fact that the roads in Katahdin Iron Works are a maze of logging roads that have potholes as deep as my car. I spent more time driving (and scraping the bottom of my car) than I spent hiking the mountain.
Though I did get some nice scenery along the way...
View from the "road"
Nevertheless: Do not drive into KIW unless you have a high-posted vehicle!
It turned out I couldn't even get to the mountain; I had to park a long ways away and walk in to the mountain. Here's where I got out of my car, and that's White Cap in front of me:
White Cap
The trail is actually the Appalachian Trail, and it's well marked. White Cap is known among Appalachian Trail hikers as the spot where you get your first unobstructed view of Mount Katahdin.
There is (more...)
