Pemetic Mountain

Pemetic Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine (5/10/2009)

This is hike #3-15 ("Pemetic Mountain") in the book A Walk in the Park: Acadia's Hiking Guide (Tenth Edition). This was the second of nine hikes we did in Maine the week of May 10.

There are many ways to get to the top of Pemetic Mountain and according to the books, this is the most difficult way. This is clearly because of the Pemetic Ravine trail which is basically straight up, over varying size boulders and through a very tight ravine with the assistance of two ladders. The day we hiked this it rained all the previous night and was still raining when we drove out to Acadia. It rained for about 10 minutes (very lightly) as we skirted Jordan Pond and stopped by the time we got to the Ravine trail. But the rocks were quite slippery, which added a greater challenge to an already difficult ascent. But it was fun!

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