Maiden Peak

Part of the adventure is always the occasional false start – today was our false start!  We got a bit turned around at the start

Began our hike at 6am. Cool temp at the start and no bugs! We sprayed our clothes with pyrethrum bug spray the night before. Reached

We, the B.A.T.S. (Bad Ass Trail Sisters), got an early start to beat the heat and reached the summit by 9:00 a.m.! We took the

We decided to hike the East TH, it was the steepest but shortest way with fewer mosquitoes.  It was a little over 10 miles RT

Even with 100% deet the mosquitoes were biting. My body is covered in bites. The trail is 13.3 round trip and almost all uphill. There

The mosquitoes were intense! The afternoon was incredibly hot, but aside from being a real leg burner on tge final ascent, thus is a very