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.
Winter season has come to an end! Our huts will be closed during the wet and muddy spring season, and reopen for private full hut, self service stays beginning March 15th. Interested in booking a hut for your youth, school, or community group? Explore our summer offerings!
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
April Newsletter
Winter is slowly melting away here in Western Maine. While our trails still have remnants of snow and ice, our summer season is heating up! Our April newsletter gives you a sneak peak into what is on the agenda for the upcoming months. Trail runners, take note! A special Breaking Trail Running Weekend will be […]
George Lawrence Award for Volunteer Service
We are proud to announce Dave Greeley is the recipient of the 2024 George Lawrence Award for Volunteer Service. Dave is instrumental in the success of the Poplar Stream Hut hydroelectric project. Using the hydro reduced our propane consumption over the winter by 85%, conserving 43,000 lbs. of carbon from being released to the atmosphere. […]
A Look Back on Winter
Winter 24/25 is in the books! The season saw cold weather, excellent snow conditions, and an increase in hut visitors and trail users. Here are some of the season’s key statistics. 1,395 Overnight guests over 87 days. Visitors from 28 states, plus Canada, the UK, and New Zealand. 459 Meals cooked by out stellar hut […]
Tracks and Trails Snowshoe
March 22nd was our final Free Guided Program Series of the winter season. We had a full group, thanks to Skowhegan Outdoors joining the crew. Registered Maine Guides Bob Duport and Sam Shirley lead our attendees around Flagstaff Lake on the Shore Trail and Maine Hut Trail. A stop at the hut for a hearty […]
Above the Treeline Presentation
Guests and afternoon visitors were treated to a great talk by Amanda Reimer at Stratton Brook Hut this past Friday. Amanda delved into the “living worlds” of the alpine zones in Maine, with a focus on plant communities, lichens and bryophytes, and animals. Her past experience in Alaska provided some unique insight into similarities between […]
March Newsletter
February and early March have been busy at Maine Huts! In this edition of the newsletter, we take a look back on some of the past events of the month, and see what else is coming up for the spring section of our season. Last full service overnight is March 22nd! Read the March Newsletter. […]
Events
Breaking Trail Running Weekend
Join Maine Huts & Trails, in collaboration with Breaking Trail, for the third annual Breaking Trail Running Weekend. Located at our Flagstaff Lake Hut, this zone features miles of lakeside and woods trails for all abilities. Includes two nights lodging at the hut, food/drink, guided trail running, yoga, natural running instruction, strength/maintenance training, mindfulness meditation, […]
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Forest & Forage
Western Maine’s premiere foraging and fungi event returns for a third year! This year we welcome Rewild Maine as our foraging experts, and chef Pete Uzzell returns to the kitchen for the famous forager’s dinner. Guests will experience an overnight at picturesque Stratton Brook Hut with all meals included. Guided plant ID and foraging hike […]
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Harvest at the Huts
Live music and great food are on the menu for our annual Harvest at the Huts event. Hike or mountain bike up to Stratton Brook Hut for a relaxing overnight with great company. Live bluegrass music by the Geoff Goodhue Duo and a multi-course meal by local chef Spencer Lee will round out the […]
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Flagstaff Foliage & Historical Weekend
Experience stunning fall foliage and living history at Flagstaff Lake Hut. Stay overnight Friday and Saturday with private rooms. Enjoy the 250th Anniversary Reenactment of Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec on Saturday and Sunday nearby. Saturday evening features a lumber camp-style bean supper and original bluegrass music by Sandy River Ramblers. Join us for music […]
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CRCS Trip
CRCS took 20 students on an overnight to the Flagstaff Hut. One group snowshoed in while another group chose to cross country ski to the Yurt and then to the Hut. We checked on the wood duck boxes that we previously built and placed in the cove. It was exciting to see that two of […]
Grand Falls trip
Everything was great! The hut, the weather, the caretakers. I have stayed at all of the huts and this one and Flagstaff are my favorites. I brought two friends with me who never had been to a MHT hut and they were blown away by what they found. Not what they expected. I didn’t say […]
Perfect snow. Perfect staff team. Perfect stay. Thank you. I look forward to returning. -Valerie
Maine Huts & Trails offers the best in "human powered" outdoor recreation!
My adult daughter and I booked 2 nights (over New Years) – one night each at Poplar & Flagstaff huts, with the goal to X-country ski. I am from Seattle, and she lives in Portland, Maine. We had hoped to spend 3 nights – (and add a night at Stratton Brook, but, we didn't have […]