This is what people think hiking the Appalachian Trail is like
But this is what it’s really like 80% of the time 🙂
Here are some pictures I took on this trip. My pack weight with food fuel and 2 one liter water bottles was 24 lbs.
Stratton road 
Stratton pond sign 
Caretakers hut Stratton 
Stratton mountain summit plaque 
First bridge 
Stratton pond trail 
Stratton pond shelter 
Stratton pond view 
Lye brook wilderness 
Bridge 
View of stream 
Fishing hole 
More awesome trail 
Lye brook green mountain national forest 
Long trail arrow 
Overlook at campsite 
Wet trail conditions 
Stone coffin in the woods 
Spruce peak shelter sign 
Typical trail conditions 
Stinging nettle patch 
Stinging nettle section 
Another stream on trail 
Bridge over stream 
Mad tom notch sign 
Rock formation 
Yet another bridge 
Bromley summit sign 
Bromley shelter 
Bromley summit view 
East dorset trail sign 
Sign at Mad tom Notch road 
Peru peak wilderness area 
Peru peak view 
Plank trail section 
steep and muddy section 
Peru Peak sign 
Peru Peak shelter 
Red berries 
blue colored berries 
Side rail bridge 
Stream 
Lake brook Bridge 
Griffith lake 
Griffith lake sign 
Big branch wilderness 
Lost pond shelter sign 
More berries 
Bright orange mushroom 
Baker peak sign 
LT AT Baker Griffith lake sign 
White blaze on rock trail section 
More rock trail 
Rocky and steep trail 
Orange mushroom 
Little rock pond sign 
Stones and mud trail section 
Old job shelter sign 
Big branch river bridge 
Big branch river 
Stone walls 
Red cone mushrooms 
Big Branch Wilderness sign 
Lost pond Griffith lake sign 
Litte rock pond sign 
Nice trail section 
Metal beam bridge 
Stream and moss 
White mushroom 
Little Rock Pond 
Little Rock shelter sign 
Little Rock Pond view 
Little Rock Pond shelter 
Little Rock Pond plaque 
Homer Stone Brook sign 
Salamander 
Stone wall with metal artifacts 
Yellow and orange mushroom 
Another tree across trail 
White rocks 
White rocks cliff trail 
white rocks cairn 
Keewaydin trail 
Greenwall shelter 
VT140 sign 
3D view Peru Peak 
base weight food fuel water
Wow John, these pictures are awesome. The views are absolutely amazing. You can truly see the peace it can give you when traveling through. Thanks for sharing☺️
Thanks! Working on a post for my Allagash river kayak trip next.
Hi John,
This is Joan and Sean. We just took the Derby Walkway hike with Rocky and are now at his place looking at your pictures! Well done!
Thanks! I’m trying to document the AT sections I’ve done and share some of the pictures I’ve taken out on the trail. Nice cool evening for a walk, enjoy the nice weather before it’s to hot or to cold again 🙂