Roughly 200 miles away from Mount Washington, the highest mountain peak in the northeast with some of the strongest winds in the world, The Knife Edge Trail on Mount Katahdin is truly a hiker’s most ...

The mile-high summit of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak, marks one of the spectacular endpoints to the Appalachian Trail, but as six hikers found last week, the mountain can also be extremely ...

Crews on Friday rescued four hikers who became stranded the night before on a challenging trail on Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park, officials said. The park director, Kevin Adam, said in ...

A 20-year-old hiker lost consciousness on Maine's tallest mountain and spent a scary night on the infamous Knife Edge Trail before being airlifted to safety by a Maine Army National Guard helicopter, ...

Rangers in Maine were working Friday to rescue four stranded hikers, one of which is injured, from Mount Katahdin. Sign up for our Newsletters Officials said Friday afternoon that the four hikers are ...

Two separate hiking parties were forced to spend the night on Mount Katahdin when they became stranded after dark. According to officials at Baxter State Park, park rangers were alerted to two groups ...

The group of six hikers had scaled Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak at more than 5,200 feet and one of the most difficult climbs on the Appalachian Trail. But as the party tried to cross the ...