Month: March 2013

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Whaleback Mountain to Close

The owners of New Hampshire's Whaleback Mountain have announced they will close their business at the end of this season. Saying they have been unable to get...
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Lost Hiker Finds Way Off Mount Mansfield

BURLINGTON FREE PRESS: A hiker who lost his way on Mt. Mansfield Tuesday afternoon emerged from the woods early Wednesday “cold but in good health,” according t...

Tall Fail: Losing to Katahdin

Mount Katahdin stands 5,267 feet high. It’s the highest point in Maine, but it’s no K2. So why does it break hikers’ hearts and keep rangers busy saving people ...
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Appalachian Trail “Ferryman” Dies

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD: Stephen Longley, known by Appalachian Trail hikers as "The Ferryman" and son of a former Maine governor, has died at his home in Solon, M...
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Teen Skier Missing at Sugarloaf

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD: A search is under way for a missing 17-year-old skier at western Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort. The Maine Warden Service says Nicholas ...