About the Community Hikes Program
The Maine A.T. Land Trust’s Community Hikes program provides free guided hiking trips to the general public from May to October and then from January to March. There are typically two to three hikes per month (depending on weather) and trips are guided by trained trip leaders. The program has been enormously successful at bringing individuals to the A.T. landscape but they can fill up quickly! The limit for participants is usually 5-8 individuals. If a hike you would like to attend is currently filled up, please email us at info@matlt.org to get on the waiting list. Summer hikes will be listed in May, winter hikes will be listed in December, so check back if you don’t see any!
Fall 2024 Update
We typically have 3-4 hikes in the fall season but due to some trip leader travel and downtime, we will probably be offering fewer this fall. But please continue to check back and sign up for the MATLT newsletter to make sure you know when new hikes are posted!
Been awhile since we had this one! The next MATLT Community Hike will be on Saturday, July 27th up Sugarloaf Mountain! This 5.3 mile round trip hike will take you to the top of Maine's second highest free standing mountain, the one with the big ski area on the slopes. Mere words cannot describe to …
This newly-added hike will be up Sugarloaf Mountain on July 30th! The hike is rated as strenuous (the highest on the scale) and it should not be underestimated how steep the climb is up the Appalachian Trail to the junction with the side trail up Sugarloaf. More information about this hike can be found here: Maine …
The next Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust community hike will be on Sunday, September 9th at 10am, to the Crockers in Maine's High Peaks region. From Caribou Valley Road in Carrabassett Valley, this hike will be 3.6 miles up to first South Crocker and then (north) Crocker Mountain, then back down for a total distance …
Cancelled!
Sugarloaf hike is cancelled! Not enough interest for this one. ?
This Saturday's Next Century Hike will be up the Crockers in Maine's High Peaks, via the Appalachian Trail from Caribou Valley Road. Crocker Mountain's two 4000-foot peaks are the 4th and 11th highest mountains in Maine, We are planning to spot one or more cars at the A.T. crossing of Route 27 where it leads …
Our next Maine Hikes trip will be up the ridge from Caribou Valley Road to Spaulding Mountain (4,009 feet). We're calling this an option hike because in addition to the basic, 4.5 mile hike up to Spaulding Mountain, there will be two additional destinations to choose from: Sugarloaf Mountain, a 0.6 mile side trip from …
