What does accessibility mean to you?
To us, it means making backcountry experiences something for everyone to enjoy.
Explore over 50 miles of free, year-round, multi-use trails in the western Maine mountains.
Lighten your load by staying at one of our off-grid eco lodges.
Warm your body and lift your spirit with a hot meal shared with friends, family, and community.
Thanks to generous land owners and donors, Maine Huts & Trails is proud to support public access to remote and special places to all for generations to come.
Your winter stay helps support our mission of making the Maine backcountry accessible to school and community groups that may not otherwise be able to come.
The Huts
Trails
Maintained by a dedicated crew, the trail system at Maine Huts & Trails is unforgettable. Featuring winding switchbacks, sandy paths along mountain streams, natural bridges, and incredible views, the trails leading to the huts are some of the best in the world. When using the trail system, you’ll be following white and blue diamonds; white for the main trail which is groomed for skiing in the winter, and blue for ungroomed side trails.
News
October Newsletter
October marks the end of our non-winter season. In this month’s newsletter, we visit the success of our educational summer rentals, explore some recent hut happenings, and prepare for the start of winter.
Grand Falls Hut Update
Youth and Community Program Manager Sam, Assistant Operations Eliza and summer caretaker Ben recently trekked out to Grand Falls Hut to check on conditions. Grand Falls is our most remote hut, located almost 12 miles northeast of Flagstaff Lake. A combination of dead outdated batteries and washed out bridges have kept the Hut closed for […]
L.L.Bean Educational Grant
Earlier this year, we received a grant from L.L.Bean to the Maine Huts & Trails Youth Outdoor Experience Fund. Thanks to their generous support, we celebrated a successful summer by being able to offer discounted trips for qualified youth groups from May through October. L.L.Bean and Leon and Lisa Gorman were pivotal in establishing Flagstaff […]
New Benches at Flagstaff Lake Hut
Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, regular visitors and friends of Maine Huts, identified a need for improved outdoor seating at Flagstaff Lake Hut. A thoughtful donation of boards provided the perfect canvas for a comfortable and cozy fresh seating arrangement around the outdoor firepit. Before and After More Than Simple Benches Firepits are gathering places for […]
Thank You Town Fair Tire
A generous donation from Town Fair Tire funded a visit from local friends Carrabec Community School to our Flagstaff Lake Hut in September. Assistant Operations Manager Eliza gifted a framed photo of the Carrabec crew at the Hut to the Town Fair Tire location in Waterville as thanks. The school had a great time hiking […]
Veterans Adaptive Sports & Training at Flagstaff Lake Hut
VAST recently spent a weekend of gorgeous foliage cycling at our Flagstaff Lake Hut. The Veterans Adaptive Sports & Training program is offered through Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine, and promotes lifelong health and well-being of veterans with disabilities. Sam Shirley, our Youth and Community Program Manager, lead them on the Maine Hut Trail […]
Events
Hut Library Book Donations
Restock the Hut Libraries! Our Huts need some fresh Maine books in their libraries! Dust off your local books and donate a good yarn for our guests to read on a snowy day. Books can be dropped off at our 496 Main Street office, located just north of downtown. Stop in Monday through Friday from […]
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Kingfield Office Open House
Kingfield Office Winter Open House Join us at the Maine Huts & Trails office open house from 9am – 2pm Saturday, December 7th. Stop in for the latest hut news, trail gossip, special offers, snowmobile naming contest, and much, much more! Book a winter trip with our reservation specialists, talk snowmobiles and grooming with our […]
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Winter Season Opening Day
Huts open for the winter season! We are offering single hut stays for the initial opening week, then hut-to-hut trips begin January 2nd. Plan to stop in and say hi to our new winter staff! Winter Features: Huts open every day for visitors and guests. Public lunch for sale every Saturday and Sunday 12-2pm. Book […]
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New Year’s Eve at the Huts
Celebrate the New Year with friends and family at a hut! We are offering a special New Year’s Eve Full Service stay on a Tuesday night. Get the same amenities as a full service weekend stay, with great food, party atmosphere and champagne toasts. Available at all huts! Includes: NYE dinner day of arrive Champagne […]
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3 night ski trip with group of 5
Overall the experience was excellent. We particularly enjoyed the trails and your setting. The lodges and amenities as well were excellent. Re the sleeping rooms, these were quite satisfactory. I personally do not love sharing bunk rooms with strangers, but understand the need to have that arrangement in a remote back country setting. As bunk […]
Consider Weather Updates
Hi–Spent 2 nights/3 days experiencing great snow at Stratton Brook and Poplar. The crew was great at SB; especially the food. Amazing views and great ski down Newton’s Revenge. Poplar crew was great as well–you know the situation with the showers–the Poplar team helped me find one that at least delivered lukewarm water. My one […]
Happy Returns
Our last winter visit to ME Huts and Trails was in 2012 and we wondered what had changed since then. Happily, not much! The staff was very responsive and capable, the food was terrific and the common areas were well-maintained. The friends we brought along were also pleased with the introduction to ME Huts and […]
fabulous skiing
Trails between huts were extremely well groomed with very soft powder falling. Main hut buildings were fancier than expected, very attractive, comfortable, excellent showers and restrooms. Staff friendly, helpful, and food was tasty, delicious comfort food. Sleeping quarters, warm enough and clean. I would highly recommend these huts and system of trails . I would […]