Cadillac Mountain

I Acadia National Park er Cadillac Mountain det højeste punkt. Det er "kun" 466 meter højt, så da min søster foreslog at vi tog derop skulle jeg lige overveje det lidt, men altså - 466 meter lyder ikke så vanskeligt igen, vel? Så det gjorde vi! 

Vi gik op fra nord, den mellem-besværlige vej. Vi troede ikke det skulle være sådan supersvært, men hold nu helt op for en klatretur! Hunden var ikke med, men fik sin egen tur med min svoger. Min nevø og niece var foran og startede med at sige, at det her jo var en "god" hike. 

In Acadia National Park, the highest peak is Cadillac Mountain. It's "only" 1530 feet tall, so when my sister suggested that we climbed it, I had to consider it a bit, but you know - 1530 feet does not sound too difficult, right? So we did!

We went up on the North trail, the medium-difficult trail. We did not believe it would be superhard, but oh my for a climb! The dog was not with us, but had her own hike with my brother-in-law. My nephew and niece were in front and started by saying that this was a "good" hike. 

Udsigten var rigtig flot deropad. Man var nødt til at stå stille for at se den, for når vi gik var vi nødt til hele tiden at se hvor vi satte fødderne. Det gik virkelig opad, så selv om det bare var 3,5 km tog det lidt tid! 

Det var helt uoverskueligt at skulle gå ned igen samme vej, men heldigvis er min søsters knæ ikke til at klatre nedad, så allerede på vej op var planen at hun og jeg skulle gå ned ad sydruten som skulle være lettere. 

The view was really pretty going up. You had to stand still to see it, because when walking, we had to check were to put our feet all the time. It was really going uphill, so although it was just a 2.2 mile walk, it took some time!

It was hard to imagine going down the same trail, but fortunately, my sister's knees are not fit for climbing down, so already on the way up, the plan was for her and I to take the South trail down. It should be a bit easier.  

Oppe på toppen spiste vi is! Sjældent har en is smagt SÅ GODT! Der var ret mange folk deroppe som var kommet derop i bil. Det føltes jo som snyd når vi andre stod der og svedte! 

At the summit we had ice cream! Never has an ice cream been SO GOOD! There were plenty of people up there who came by car. It felt like cheating when we stood there being so sweaty!

Udsigten deroppefra var helt fantastisk! Der skulle være en meget flot solopgang deroppe, men for at se den kræver det ligesom at man står op kl. 03 og går op i mørke, uden at vide om man kommer op til tåge. Som det ret ofte er deroppe. Vi startede turen op omkring kl. 08.

The view up there was amazing! It is popular to see the sunrise from up there, but to see that you need to get up at 3 a.m. and climb it in the dark, not knowing if you get to the summit in the fog. There is a lot of fog up there! We started our climb around 8 a.m.

Nå, men den "lettere" vej ned ad sydruten startede sådan her. Hvor vi skulle klatre ned ad en klippe. Gys!

Well. So our "easier" way down by the South trail started like this. Climbing down a rock. Yikes!

Det var en 5,4 km lang tur, mest hen over klipper, hvor ruten var markeret med blå farveklatter og med de her stendynger. Vi gik ned omkring kl. 11 hvor det allerede var ret varmt, og vi havde ret ondt af alle dem på vej op - dels skulle de op (og ned) i varmen, dels skulle de op ad den klippe vi lige var kommet ned ad. 

Det var SÅ dejligt at se bilen (og børnene) igen! INGEN af os havde noget behov for at gå flere hikes den dag. 

The route is around 3.4 miles, mostly over rocks with the trail being marked by blue spots and by these stone piles. We walked down around 11 a.m. when it was pretty warm already, and we felt sorry for all the people on their way up - partly because they were going up (and down) in the heat, partly because we knew they had to climb the rock we just climbed down. 

It was SO lovely seeing the car (and the kids) again! NOBODY needed any more hikes that day. 

På toppen købte jeg mig en hoodie. Jeg kommer til at bruge den med stolthed! Jeg er så stolt over at jeg kom både op og ned. Det var faktisk hårdt. Jeg bliver aldrig nogensinde bjergbestiger.......

At the summit, I bought a hoodie. I will wear it proudly! I am so proud that I got both up and down. It was quite hard, actually. I will never become a mountain-climber.......