What does accessibility mean to you?
To us, it means making backcountry experiences something for everyone to enjoy.
Explore over 80 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
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 A combination of dead outdated batteries and washed out bridges have kept the Hut closed for […]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 […]
Welcome New Kingfield Staff
Welcome to our new Kingfield office and operations staff! Sam Shirley — Youth and Community Program Manager We recently added Sam Shirley as our Youth and Community Manager. His local connections and experience will help grow relationships and opportunities to bring school groups, education programs, summer camps, community non-profits, training, leadership, lifestyle groups and more […]
Events
Winter Volunteer Caretaker Training
Interested in caretaking at a hut this winter, or looking for a refresher training? Sign up to join us early November at Flagstaff Lake Hut for Sunday caretaker training with an optional Saturday overnight. Winter caretaking volunteers stay at the huts on self-service days (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays) to support our hut staff so they […]
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Kingfield Office Open House
Kingfield Office Winter Open House Stop by our Main Street Kingfield Office for a winter season open house! We will be offering up free local made donuts, hot cider, and coffee. Meet our staff, gossip about local trail news, and see what our organization has on the menu for the future. Reservation staff will be […]
View Event Kingfield Office Open HouseTestimonials
Cozy and Welcoming
This was our second year back at Flagstaff and we had the most incredible time, albeit short, despite an injury and unfortunately shortened stay. The huts are perfectly cozy and welcoming and the trails were fab with some fresh snow the day we arrived. We're already planning our trip back for 2025 🙂 The ladies […]
Chili !
We snow shoed up Oak Knoll on fresh snow and got to Stratton Brook Hut in time for the chili . Very warm and relaxing , board games , Allagash White and 25 new friends. Perfect!
A Little Paradise in the Woods
The Maine Huts are truly special. What a luxury to arrive after a ski through the woods to a hut with friendly caretakers and wonderful cooks. These days especially it is great to go off grid and let life slow down. This was our second year coming in the winter. We look forward to adding […]
Enjoyable Trip
My wife, Nancy, and I had a most enjoyable visit to the Stratton Brook Hut. The crew was friendly and helpful. I write an outdoor column for four Maine newspapers and expect an article will be published about our trip in about 2 weeks: https://www.bangordailynews.com/author/ronchase/. We had an excellent time. I also skied to Poplar […]