Knife Edge · Maine’s most thrilling hike

Not your average walk in the woods. Narrow ridges, full-body scrambles, and views that make your knees shake — in the best way. I started at 5AM just to get a standby spot. 18km. 9 hours. No signal. No regrets. Hands, knees, and willpower required. 🎒 Route: Abol Trail up → Summit → Knife Edge → return same way 🥵 Steep, technical, 100% worth it 🌲 Campers get parking. Others, line up early (like… before sunrise) Next stop: Acadia 💙 🏕️ Essentials ✔ Gloves ✔ 2.5L+ water ✔ Food, layers, grit ✔ Offline map ✔ No fear of heights #Hiking #BaxterStatePark #KnifeEdgeTrail #MaineHikes #EastCoastHiking #HikeMaine

Maine • 2025-07-04

Tony Gagnon

done it it's fun

07-30

Hampden, ME

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Judy

Haven't seen that view in decades. It was quite an adventure with spectacular views

07-14

Bangor, ME

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al thiboutot

I made it, didn't think I was going to but was able to keep going. It was a last minute decision to go and at that time I wasn't in the best of shape.

07-09

Augusta, ME

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Linda Lauzier

I did the abol 2 times, but was scared to do knife edge.

08-07

Auburn, ME

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ravynnite_77

I did it with two friends. One freaked and clung to a rock most of the way up and wouldn’t budge. The rangers found her and brought her down but we didn’t know. We spent four hours going up and down a mile several times looking for her. When we finally gave up and came down to get back before nightfall she was back at camp like, “WHAAATTTT???” We had been sure she was dead and neither of us spoke a word the entire way back down the mountain. When we found her I didn’t know whether to hug her or kill her. My husband had called the rangers hours earlier when I found reception for a minute and they had pulled her off the rock and gotten her back down safely. One of the best/worst days of my life.

08-28

Auburn, ME