The gals at the summitOn Monday, I took three campers and another counselor on a camping/hiking trip up Burnt Mtn. We camped Monday night and hiked to the summit the next day. Burnt Mtn. is due east of Sugarloaf Mtn. in west central Maine. The trailhead is at an elevation of about 1700' and the peak is approximately 3600', so it was a pretty challenging hike for the young gals. The majority of the hike was under a canopy of white birch. When we neared the ridgeline, the birch turned to small pine trees and then to a mostly rocky surface with patchy grasses and wildfllowers.
It took us 2 hours to summit and we enjoyed a sack lunch up top. The brisk wind chased us off sooner than we wanted, but that's the way it goes.
A view from the summit to the southwest
Sugarloaft Mtn. and ski resort to the west
The Carrabasset Valley to the north
Refreshing
Pan o' burgers at the campsite
Our campsite at Deer Farm Campground in Kingfield, ME. 
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Who enjoyed the sack lunch more, you or the young girls?
Well played. Welcome back, Ernie.
that might be the funniest thing ive ever read.
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