Alpinist Magazine Issue 84 | Winter 2023 Print or Digital?:Print Issue Even the trail crew stopped

Even the trail crew stopped tallying the berms past 230

To Abandon Gwen Moffat

Looking back on that summer

Climbing Life Whitney Clark contemplates what a few seconds are worth

But could it be an indicator of more variable winters to come

Alpinist Magazine Issue 84 | Winter 2023 Print or Digital?:Print Issue Even the trail crew stoppedCover: Patrick Lalonde peers through the narrow exit moves of Tuts Thumb (WI4+) in the Katahdin massifs North Basin, Baxter State Park, Maine. [Photo] Brent Doscher Features Mountain Profile: Katahdin Nestled into the woods of northern Maine, beyond the reaches of roads, Katahdin rises out of the 2,200 mile long chain of Appalachian Mountains. Its weathered cliffs of pink and grey granite have inspired painters, poets and climbers for centuries.