Clean swells off the ragged coast, snow falling in the mountains, the quiet of a thickly frozen lake, and the warm glow of a fire in a solitary cabin somewhere up north — it doesn’t matter how you do it, to do winter in Maine is to wholly embrace the elements. So don your warmest layers, be they wool or neoprene, find an adventure buddy or three, and head outside, there’s still adventure to be found from mountains to sea in Maine’s coldest season and it’s not to be missed. 

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Dan Mathers
Author: Dan Mathers