Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Vermont

by Green Mountain Club

Overview

Vermont was made for hiking!

This completely revised definitive hiker’s guide to Vermont—now in full color with all new maps and elevation profiles—leads hikers up classic peaks like Camel’s Hump, Mount Mansfield, and Mount Ascutney, as well as revealing many lesser-known gems. Hikes range in length from a half-mile stroll to overnight backpacking trips. Each hike description includes a topographic map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on distance, difficulty, terrain, and hiking time. Each hike chapter is enlivened by knowledgeable commentary on the area’s geology, history, and wildlife. From gentle nature trails to rugged peak climbs, from remote ponds to historic ghost towns, from rushing waterfalls to rare peregrine falcon habitat, the Green Mountain State is a classic hiking destination.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781581571998
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	05/04/2015
Series:	Explorer's 50 Hikes
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	235,136
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

The Green Mountain Club is Vermont's statewide hiking organization and the custodian of the Long Trail, as well as Vermont's section of the Appalachian Trail. More than 20 volunteers cooperated in researching and updating Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes in Vermont. The Green Mountain Club is located in Waterbury, Vermont. Learn more at www.greenmountainclub.org.

Table of Contents

Foreword to Seventh Edition 13

Introduction 14

Southern Vermont

1 Mount Olga 31

2 Equinox Mountain 34

3 White Rocks/Ice Beds Trail 38

4 Windmill Hilt Pinnacle Trails 43

5 Haystack Mountain 47

6 Bald Mountain 49

7 Antone Mountain 53

8 Bromley Mountain 57

9 Utile Rock Pond and Green Mountain 61

10 Okemo Mountain 65

11 Stratton Pond 69

12 Mount Ascutney 75

13 Baker Peak 79

14 Stratton Mountain 83

15 Little Mock Pond and Clarendon Gorge 87

Vermont

16 Robert Frost Trail 94

17 Thundering Falls 98

18 Appalachian Trail (Cloudiand Road to VT 14) 103

19 Mount Horrid's Great Cliff 107

20 Dear Leap Overtook 111

21 Mount Independence 115

22 Mount Tom 120

23 Rattlesnake Point 125

24 Snake Mountain 130

25 Pico Peak 135

26 General Stark Mountain 139

27 Mount Roosevert 142

28 Bread Loaf Mountain 147

29 Mount Grant 151

30 Monroe Skyline 155

31 Hires and Sensory Trails 160

Northern Vermont

32 Owl's Head 165

33 Prospect Rock (Johnson) 168

34 Mount Philo 171

35 Black Creek and Maquam Creek Trails 175

36 Little River History Loop 179

37 Stowe Pinnacle 184

38 Bluff Mountain 188

39 Spruce Mountain 191

40 Elmore Mountain Loop 195

41 Mount Pisgah 201

42 Jay Peak 204

43 Hubbard Park 209

44 Kount Hunger 213

45 Mount Monadnock 216

46 Sterling Pond and Elephants Head 219

47 Mount Mansfield 225

48 Camel's Hump 230

49 Belvidere Mountain 235

50 Gile Mountain 238