Local News Hiker death at Mount Katahdin is 2nd in 2 days FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, the first rays of sunlight color the clouds over Mount Katahdin in this view from Patten, Maine.

Rangers in Maine were working Friday to rescue four stranded hikers, one of which is injured, from Mount Katahdin. Sign up for our Newsletters Officials said Friday afternoon that the four hikers are ...

The Brief Esther Keiderling, 28, was found dead Wednesday on Mount Katahdin’s Tableland. Her father, Tim Keiderling, 58, was found dead the day prior in the same area. The pair went missing ...

After hiker suffered injury on Mount Katahdin, she sheltered for the night. Then the weather turned treacherous. By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated July 31, 2025, 6:00 a.m. 196 ...

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The mountain was named Katahdin by the Penobscot tribe, and it remained that way until the federal government added “Mount” and made that its official name in 1893.

This came a day after a Maine Warden K9 found the body of her father, Tim Keiderling, 58 at about 2:45 p.m. near the summit of Mount Katahdin. There were 25 game wardens, four game warden K9 teams ...

BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine - I don't remember much about my climb up Mount Katahdin 25 years ago. I was young and fit. It was no big deal. But my second climb is etched in my middle-aged mind with ...

Joe Lelanksy at the top of Mountain Katahdin. Submitted photo When Joe Lelansky gets to talking about his many trips up Mount Katahdin, there is majesty in his words.

Detail of Mount Katahdin on the famous 1835 map called A Plan of the Public Lands in the State of Maine, by Geo. Coffin. A Thoreau map of Katahdin, Geller said, would make a splash.

Detail of Mount Katahdin on the famous 1835 map called A Plan of the Public Lands in the State of Maine, by Geo. Coffin. A Thoreau map of Katahdin, Gellert said, would make a splash.