"Rainy weather at the start. Soft pine gentle trail. A little up and down. Rocky scramble at the top. Swirling clouds! Maryellen’s final Maine Mt. With Eric, Jen, Nancy, and Chris." — lfrancois • Aug 18, 2021

"Headed up to Baxter right after work on Friday knowing that this loop was my agenda for Saturday morning. Got to the park around 6:45am and headed to the Martson trailhead. Decided to go counterclockwise in order to ascend the Mt. Coe slide. There was rain in the forecast, so I kept a steady pace to the top of Mt. Coe in order to not be on the slide when it was wet. It started raining on the way to S.Brother. It rained steady all the way to N.Brother. Luckily, the rain stopped for about an hour and a half. Just long enough to make the bushwhack out to Fort and back to N.Brother. The herdpath to Fort was easy to follow, but very narrow. It rained pretty steady until 30 minutes before I got back to the car. Overall, a really good day minus the rain. " — LGH-Tom • Aug 14, 2021

"The trail was very wet. North Brother was like a river even with the dry summer we have had. Mount Coe was like a rock slide on the way up and then we hit south brother and headed over to north. Beautiful blue sky!" — Joleneahikez • Aug 2, 2020

"Loved the Marston Trail. Very good hike. Teardrop pond is cool. Excellent climbing, then flat spots and a nice summit cone. Sadly the summit was fogged in. No views as we finished our New England 67!!" — Alohabuffy • Jul 23, 2020

"The Baxter State Park trip. Our group of 6 woke up at 4am at the cabin and headed out at 6am. We hiked up North Brother. We were socked in and the wind was bad. We opted to not go for Fort. We went to the junction and 3 of our group opted to head back to the cabin. The other 3 of us decided to attempt for South Brother and Coe. It was a slog to get them both, but we made it. We made it back to the cabin around 8 pm. " — newenglandwarrior • Feb 16, 2020

"Great hike and our first in Baxter State Park. Quite a long drive to this one. The hike was pretty easy until the last half mile, which was quite steep and rocky, but nothing we hadn't experienced a number of times along our journey. " — ne4kclimber • Aug 25, 2018

"After the Katahdin attempt yesterday, we hit the road walk at 6am and made it up the trail to North Brother with winds at 60 mph sustained and gusts close to 90mph. Our group of 9 was down to 5 and everyone else wanted to turn around so I didn't get to go for Fort which was my goal....big bummer." — shay-shay • Feb 19, 2018

"Oh What a day.... After hiking Pamola, Baxter and Hamlin yesterday...I had to grab North Brother for the NE67. I decided that I would snag others along the way towards the 100 highest....I was solo... It had rained a bit the day before and I knew it was steep...but I didnt realize it was that steep. With the rain it was slippery and a lot of loose rocks and dirt were falling around me. It was definitely a treacherous hike and I don't recommend it for solo hikers or anyone who is not a strong hiker. Once I summited, I then headed for South Brother. Large boulders and quite a bit of work to get up there. The Maine mountains are definitely tougher than NH! After South Brother, I went to the meeting spot where I was supposed to meet my hiking friends but they didnt show and after waiting close to an hour I decided to summit North Brother solo as well since the rain was soon to come. North Brother was very eroded for the last mile of the trail. Lots of water! After summiting, I finally returned to the meeting spot that my friends were just now reaching. They were under 1mph pace for the day and I was glad I didnt wait for them. " — shay-shay • Sep 9, 2017

"As I was heading up N. Brother, the rest of my hiking group was coming down. I stayed 10 min on the summit. It had gotten colder and the wind stronger. I also wanted to catch up to my hiking group. I had to move fast but I did catch up to them further down the Marston Tr. " — newenglandwarrior • Oct 8, 2016

"Solo. Headed up to Maine to join Kim for her AT Thru Hike finish. I slack packed her from Abol Bridge to Katahdin Stream campsite, so while she was doing that I decided to get a quick hike in to North Brother. If I had more time I would have added Fort, South Brother and Coe, but I will be back here to hike again probably when I'm working on the NEHH list. Nice trail and hike up to this summit. It was a little bit windy when I got up above treeline, but the views were well worth it. 360 degree views from the summit on a bluebird day. Quick hike down from the summit and made it back to Katahdin Stream before Kim arrived from her slack pack. " — LGH-Tom • Sep 29, 2016