Katahdin main page CLIMBING MT. KATAHDIN CONTACT JSD
All photos ©2004 JsD'Angelo
Now having passed the timberline (tree line) level, 3800 feet, trees no longer grow, instead yielding to increasingly large boulders, many the size of trucks and even houses! Abundant among these giant granite monoliths one can find scrubby brush, lichen, moss and small flowers .
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The path isn't easy and the climb is at a startling near-vertical degree!
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Difficult, unprotected ledges await the hiker...