Enjoying the Appalachian Trail  

To the Editor;

The Maine Appalachian Trail Club (MATC) would like to thank Aislinn Sarnacki for her recent Act Out article on safely enjoying the Appalachian Trail (AT) this summer and getting the word out to a broader audience. As the management resource for Maine’s section of the AT, we would like to reinforce on a couple of points.

The first is that camping is not allowed at the present time, as shelters and privies are closed. The second is that the trail in Maine is not currently being maintained, so hiking could be hazardous, (i.e. a tangle of blowdowns can send hikers off trail and they may get lost), so the ATC and MATC encourage day hike use of local trails closer to home for the time being.

Hike safe!

Lester Kenway

President

Maine Appalachian Trail Club 

Bangor