I was pleasantly surprised when we pulled into the parking lot of the Baithole Cross Country ski & recreation trails! I had only briefly heard of these trails, and I wasnt sure what to expect! To be fair, we didn’t follow the map’s BIG LETTERING stating which trails were freshly groomed, but we were there to explore the trails. The recent windstorm has really blown a lot of debris into the groomed trails, so we did a lot of skidding around and trying to make sure our feet kept up with our bodies! According to the Maine Trail Finder, the Baithole XC skiing & Snowshoeing trails are a “locally popular 6.9-mile network of groomed cross-country ski and snowshoe trails with scenic views of Mt. Katahdin, Elbow Lake, mixed hardwood forests, and abundant wildlife.”