My unofficial list of opening dates for the Park and Katahdin trails:
- ’21 May 28th for the Hunt (the AT) and Abol trails.
- ’20 July 1st due to Covid-19.
- ’19 Park delayed opening tote roads and campgrounds. May 15th opening postponed. All Katahdin trails were closed until June 14th.
- ’18 Park delayed openings of tote roads and campgrounds. Abol opened May 21st, Hunt opened May 24th, major portion of tote road still closed.
- ’17 Park delayed opening some campgrounds, Hunt and Abol open May 27th.
- ’16 The Hunt Trail opened on May 27th
- ’15 Park delayed opening some campgrounds. Hunt open May 22nd. (Summit snow on the 23rd!)
- '14 The Hunt Trail opened on 5/29/2014, with a flagged detour just below the monkey bars. - Abol closed for season.
- '13 May 24th
- '12 May 20th
- '11 Park canceled traditional May 15th opening, Abol open Memorial day weekend, Hunt a few days after.
- '10 May 25th
- '09 May 20th for both Hunt and Abol
- '08 Park canceled traditional May 15th opening, Abol and Hunt open May 29th.
- '07 May 31st
- '06 Abol May 15th, Hunt May 18th
- '05 June 4th
- '04 May 16th, the AT was a brook between the Falls and the Hunt Spur.
- '03 May 24th
- '02 May 15th (Day hikers summited via Abol May 10th)
- '01 prior to May 20th
- '00 Memorial Day Weekend
- '99 May 18th (per South Walker '99)
The 2022 SoBo’s Guide to Baxter and Katahdin