The 43-year-old woman broke an ankle while hiking with a group along the Knife Edge trail.
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Six Maine hikers rescued after spending night on Mount Katahdin’s Knife Edge trail
The 21-hour rescue operation included a helicopter evacuation of a 20-year-old woman who became unconscious on the rocky and exposed ridge in Baxter State Park.
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Baxter’s terms complicate tribes’ wish for role in Katahdin oversight
The tribes of Maine want a formal role in managing this sacred site, but strict rules on how the donated land must be governed don’t allow for the expansion of the authority board.
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Two injured hikers airlifted from Mount Katahdin
The hikers from Maine and Georgia were several miles apart on the mountain when they were injured Tuesday afternoon.
Posted inMaine, News
Potential expansion opportunity for Katahdin Woods and Waters
The National Park Service recently received $380,000 to purchase two parcels whose owner had suggested as a possible addition to the 87,500-acre national monument.
Posted inMaine, News
Hiker who died on Mount Katahdin summit identified as Maryland man
Officials say there is no evidence of any crime in the death of 27-year-old Nathan Leigh Bell.
Posted inMaine, News
Hiker found dead on summit of Katahdin
The second death of a hiker on Katahdin in 2 days prompts officials to remind hikers that Maine’s biggest mountain ‘is a formidable place, especially as winter approaches.’
Posted inMaine, News
Hiker air-lifted from Katahdin dies of injuries sustained in fall
The 75-year-old Massachusetts man was flown from the top of the mountain in critical condition after becoming lost and falling.
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50 Years of Katahdin Adventures
It started around Father’s Day weekend in 1951 and for the next five decades, Joe Lelanksy didn’t miss a trip, taking his pack of Boy Scouts with him for the first 25 years.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, New England, News
In search of Thoreau’s Mount Katahdin map
A retired University of Maine at Farmington administrator has been trying to track down an elusive ‘diagram’ Henry David Thoreau may have drawn more than 160 years ago.