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Trail journals from my favorite hikes!
APPALACHIAN TRAIL

AT Day 153: Gulf Hagas, Hay & White Cap Mtns

ByPurple Haze Posted onJuly 7, 2024September 25, 2025

Daily Miles: 14.8, Total Miles: 2,131.4

Not a great start to the day – spilled a whole cup of coffee in my tent this morning. And then, once again, had to put on damp clothes.

The last, real “hilly” day in the 100-Mile Wilderness and with clearing skies.

Views from White Cap Mountain

First Gulf Hagas Mountain, then West Peak, Hay Mountain, and finally the highest of the day, White Cap Mountain, an open summit, with good views back to the Chairback Mountains and ahead to Mt Katahdin.

A final descent on a toasty, sunny afternoon, crossed another fork of the Pleasant River. I headed up to a nice campsite all by myself on the shore of Mountain View Pond.

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