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Ascent of Borestone Mountain on 2010-06-29

Climber: William Musser

Others in Party:

Karen
Sarah
Daniel Musser

Date:

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Ascent Type:

Successful Summit Attained

Motorized Transport to Trailhead:

Car

Peak:

Borestone Mountain

Location:

USA-Maine

Elevation:

1981 ft / 603 m

Ascent Trip Report

Hats off the Maine Audubon Society. Of over 20 some odd Maine summits this is my favorite to day behind Mount Katahdin to date. This was a Father's Day gift hike (a week late) where the family took me.

The lower soft and hardwoods of maple, beech, birch where particulary beautiful with no signs of mans disruption. I read on the sign that all logging ceased in 1899 so the trees were old growth in many areas and impressive. I saw birch as large diamter as i have ever seen. Nice rock formations and geology with the lower mountain being a dark grandiorite.

The trail is somewhat hilly and some additional gain in along the way. We dropped down and headed east to an overlook of Little Greenwood Pond at Elevation 683. The overlook is at elevation near 1240 and the view is better than most Maine overlooks.

Half way up there is an information nature center with a beautiful small lake nestled betweent the peaks. The West peak scramble rocks is visible from the nature center and very inviting.Heading around the pond and up steps of stone through hemlock the trail crests into a nice easy class 3 scramble. The preferred route marked by the Audubon is barely class 3 and has some rungs to assist in tricky places that we did not need to use on the way up. On the way down in pouring rain and slick conditions i grabbed a few rungs for safety.

The West Peak has amazing unobstructed views from slabs and scrambling boulders of several lakes in the area such as Miday, Sunrise, and Sunset at around 1300, the large lake, Lake Onawa at EL 535, and Little Greenwood at 700. From nearly 2,000 feet these varied lakes range from 700 feet to 1,300 below and the views were some of the best I have seen in North Maine without going to Baxter State Park - but those Mountains are in a class of their own.
Scrabled down to a small valley and then scrambled back up another large slab and the East Peak is actually the higher peak. Then after a few nice pictures the rains began and we moved to retreat as quickly and safely as possible. We used the maintenance road for much of it going down.

Summary Total Data

Elevation Gain:

1361 ft / 413 m

Elevation Loss:

1361 ft / 413 m

Distance:

4.2 mi / 6.8 km

Grade/Class:

1 and 3 at top

Quality:

8 (on a subjective 1-10 scale)

Route Conditions:

Road Hike, Maintained Trail, Scramble

Weather:

Pleasant, Calm, Clear
Varied from sunny and clear to raining on the way down

Ascent Statistics

Elevation Gain:

1251 ft / 380 m

Extra Loss:

130 ft / 39 m

Distance:

2.2 mi / 3.5 km

Route:

Audubon Green Trail

Trailhead:

Parking Lot 860 ft / 262 m

Descent Statistics

Elevation Loss:

1231 ft / 374 m

Extra Gain:

110 ft / 33 m

Distance:

2 mi / 3.2 km

Route:

Scramble, Green and Maint. Road

Trailhead:

Parking Lot 860 ft / 262 m

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