Mount Redington

"Last mountain on an established bushwhacked trail with Mike. Slow going in and out of the woods down to logging trail. Found top behind a hedge of trees and the canister down a side trail. Gradual down into some boggy areas and logging roads. A long walk down the road to my car. Others thought that was a great place to stop! My final 4000 footer in Maine!" — lfrancois • Jun 22, 2024

"Had to do So. Crocker again to get Redington. This is a bushwack trail. However it is not as bad as people say. Not many views, but trail is marked with a good foot(herd) path and orange ribbon. Coming back be careful as you will find a tree that is broken just about waist high with an orange ribbon on it. this is where the trail turns left...." — Bucky • Jul 31, 2020

"Approached via South Crocker “herd path,” but descended via the trail to Caribou Valley Road / Caribou Pond. Great loop, although the final 2.5 miles along the Caribou Valley Road is a bit of a drag if you don’t jog it. Dip in the Carrabassett River is a must post-hike." — rwthacke • Jul 18, 2020

"Dreary day, so I chose the only 3 summits in Maine without spectacular views. The rain held off and it was very nice hiking weather. The herd path to Redington is well-trodden and marked, so there were no challenges on that part of the hike. Other than having to climb South Crocker 3 times, it wasn't a difficult hike." — PJSelmer • Sep 14, 2019

"After doing the two Crocker peaks, got back to South Crocker and found hurd path over to Redington. Was a easy path to follow and caught up to two other hikers working on the NE67. I took the multi color ribbon blazed trail back down. Followed some old logging roads and back on to the Vally road, some nice views along this route." — blackwolf_03278 • Aug 24, 2018

"Was planning on hiking with 3 other people but they had to bail. So now I was doing it solo. Was planning on doing S. Crocker first but I missed the AT. So Redington first it is. No issues getting up there. " — newenglandwarrior • Jan 28, 2018

"Driving from Boston directly to the trailhead, this ended up being a long day. We hiked to the summit of South Crocker with no real issues. The trip over to North Crocker was straightforward, but some snow began to fall on our way back. Upon returning to South Crocker, we ate some lunch and then began our trip across to Redington. The herdpath was easy to follow for most of the trip over. We ended up walking the last half mile of the hike in the dark, much to the chagrin of the dog, who kept tripping. " — hikertotown • Nov 4, 2017

"The herd path is really easy to follow and the summit is interesting. We found the canister, it was being guarded by a healthy looking garter snake. Glad we had time to do this, but the 600 to 700 ft down and up (twice) to do this is a bear." — Alohabuffy • Aug 10, 2017

"The AMC group had me take the lead going over to Redington. The herd path has been marked with lots of red flagging. After reaching the summit, we took the roads back to the CVR and to some of the cars that were left there. " — newenglandwarrior • Jul 22, 2017

"Tuesday I dropped Kim off in Caratunk to slack pack the 20 mile section SoBo to Flagstaff Rd. at the end of the Bigelow Range and since I had a good portion of the day to kill I decided to go hit some 4000 footers that I hadn't done yet. From South Crocker I headed over to Redington. The "bushwhack" was extremely easy to follow, there wasn't a single time where I felt compelled to pull out a map or a compass. The herd path was narrow in some spots but always easy to follow. The notebook in the canister is full and needs to be replaced with a fresh one. I signed the top of a page where I found a spot. They also need to update the elevation on the canister which still has it listed at 3,984'. After a five minute break I headed back to South Crocker. " — LGH-Tom • Sep 20, 2016