Wilderness Tripping Program Description

Maine Trails: Muscongus & Penobscot Bays & Appalachian Trail

For Kieve's oldest and most experienced boys, this two-phase trip includes exploration of Maine's coastal islands with a hiking trip along the last leg of the Appalachian Trail in western Maine. In all, it's a 22-day, 200-mile kayak and backpacking trip that is physically challenging, environmentally stimulating, rewarding and fun.

The kayaking segment covers 10-12 miles each day, camping overnight on islands in Muscongus and Penobscot Bays. After a ferry ride back to the mainland to regroup and repack, the campers are off to the wilderness of western Maine's Appalachian Trail – a 112 mile backpacking adventure through an almost unbroken wilderness culminating in a final assault on Mt. Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Trail.

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