By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The cause of death of one of the hikers who died on Katahdin was released by officials on June 12.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Two people died while hiking Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The two hikers whose bodies were found on Katahdin last week died from exposure during bad weather, a family member has said.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Most trails up Maine’s tallest mountain are now open for hikers.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff A father and daughter who went missing while trying to climb Katahdin on June 1 and were later found dead near the summit likely encountered rain, snow, heavy winds and freezing wind chill temperatures, according to accounts from hikers and satellite and forecast data.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The body of the second hiker missing on Katahdin was found Wednesday afternoon, Baxter State Park officials said.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The search continues for a hiker last seen alive Sunday near Katahdin’s summit in Baxter State Park.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Katahdin is the crown jewel of the Maine outdoors.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A New York man and his daughter are missing somewhere on Katahdin.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff For 98 minutes, about 1,600 school kids, from Millinocket to Fort Fairfield, will be transported into the sometimes terrifying tale of the boy who survived alone in the harshest of Maine landscapes.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff To the northwest of Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, rises a wall of granite and spruce, a chain of mountains called The Brothers.

By Aislinn Sarnacki The jagged backbone of a stone giant, Knife Edge stretched before us.

By Aislinn Sarncki I bought pepper spray a few days ago.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers in the northern half of the state are used to seeing an eclectic array of people winding their way along the Appalachian Trail — usually, in the final few hundred miles of the more than 2,000 mile journey by foot that begins in Georgia and ends on Katahdin, a spectacular finale for one of the most epic hikes in the world.