Roughly 200 miles away from Mount Washington, the highest mountain peak in the northeast with some of the strongest winds in the world, The Knife Edge Trail on Mount Katahdin is truly a hiker’s most ...

A 20-year-old hiker lost consciousness on Maine's tallest mountain and spent a scary night on the infamous Knife Edge Trail before being airlifted to safety by a Maine Army National Guard helicopter, ...

The mile-high summit of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak, marks one of the spectacular endpoints to the Appalachian Trail, but as six hikers found last week, the mountain can also be extremely ...

Baxter State Park rangers are currently trying to get four hikers, one with an injury, off Maine's tallest mountain. Rangers in Maine were working Friday to rescue four stranded hikers, one of which ...

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MILLINOCKET, Maine (WABI) - A Massachusetts man has died after a hiking accident in Baxter State Park. Officials say 75-year-old Donald MacGillis fell 50 feet off Knife Edge on Mount Katahdin. He and ...

Stranded on the rugged upper reaches of Mount Katahdin in Maine, Beata Kosc prayed for mercy in the night. Along the exposed ridges and rocky slopes of the Knife Edge trail, she huddled last Thursday ...

Crews on Friday rescued four hikers who became stranded the night before on a challenging trail on Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park, officials said. The park director, Kevin Adam, said in ...

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