Spaulding Mountain

"Good weather today for the Abraham, Spaulding, Sugarloaf Traverse. Over 13 miles until we finally got to the base lodge. Really magnificent views from Abraham and Sugarloaf. Over 4500 EG. " — Alohabuffy • Oct 13, 2019

"Maine is so sweet! A nice long 4 hours up from NH and started hike at the Fire Wardens trail to Mtn. Abraham. Beautiful trail up that even passes a old camp site with a privy. Once out on rocky approach to the summit, views were awesome. Once reached summit and had a break, took the Abraham side trail to the AT and onward to Spaulding mountain. When reached Spaulding campsite, filtered water for trip over to Spaulding and back. Reached Summit and checked out side trail to view, then headed back to Spaulding campsite. Camped out for the night with a bunch of thru hikers and next morning hiked back up and over Abraham. Morning views were sweet and sat to enjoy for awhile before headed down to trailhead. " — blackwolf_03278 • Aug 1, 2019

"Rain was forecast. Got an early start and went out to Spaulding first - very cool to see the spot where the AT was completed! Summited Sugarloaf 2nd - it was the only "disappointing" summit (because of the wreckage at the very developed summit) in Maine. Met a very nice young woman and hiked with her for much of the trip. Except for the steepness at the start (and end) this was a pretty easy hike. The rain started just as I came out of the woods to head to my car." — PJSelmer • Jul 6, 2019

"A long day of peak-bagging along the east side of Caribou Valley. Hit Sugarloaf first, then Spaulding then down over and up to Abraham. Finished up with a bushwhack to the old logging road by the pond and then a road march in the dark back to the car, 18+ miles in beautiful pre-fall weather." — JASTA11 • Sep 23, 2018

"We decided to tackle these peaks from the Sugarloaf ski resort as we had some concerns about taking our dog up the ledges on the trail off Caribou Pond Road. We used the access road on the way up and made quick work of Sugarloaf. The trek over to Spaulding was not challenging at all, but the return to Sugarloaf had me panting more than the dog. The descent down grassy ski trails was not nearly as hard on the knees as people noted in previous trip reports. It was a great day with great weather. " — ne4kclimber • Sep 2, 2018

"1.5 day trip to work on NE 67. Day one: Old Spec in the morning Saddleback and the Horn in the afternoon Day two: Sugarloaf and Spaulding in the morning. Saw lots of AT Hikers, got real sweaty, roughed it on some really great maine mountain trails and slept in my car falling asleep with the Milky Way above. What a trip!" — shay-shay • Sep 22, 2017

"Hiked solo from Sugarloaf to Spaulding and then hit the summit with Kim and we returned via the AT northbound to Caribou Valley Road. Met an extremely nice couple in the parking lot and hung out and had a beer with them before heading down to the road crossing at Stratton where we met up with a bunch of other AT thru hikers and hung out exchanging stories before spending the night in Stratton. " — LGH-Tom • Sep 13, 2016

"Met Tom on the AT just below the summit of Spaulding. He had hiked in from Caribou Valley Road and we were going to hike out together. We headed up to the summit and then made our way down to the car. " — Kim-Stilson • Sep 13, 2016

"Bushwhacked from the Caribou Pond Valley Rd. straight up to intersect with the AT near the shelter. From there we hiked the trail to the summit then followed the trail back down." — StoneMan • Aug 29, 2014

"What a great day for a hike, (other than the heat and humidity). Oh who am I kidding it was still a great day for a hike. We started out on the Caribou Pond Road, hit the AT and crossed the stream. This year the plank was in place and the water was low. So far so good. The sky was overcast. We hiked over to Spaulding and returned to do the peak of Sugarloaf. So it was another two'fer again this week. There wasn't much of a view from Spaulding and it was just a little bit better when we hit the top of the 'loaf. We met a lot of south bounders. including Sticks, Manley Tranasaurous, Wallaby, Brightside, and two kids from VA with a border collie pup. I named her Dog Walker and him Ramen Noodle." — bwright • Jun 23, 2013