AMC's Best Day Hikes in Vermont: Four-Season Guide To 60 Of The Best Trails In The Green Mountain State

by Jen Lamphere Roberts

Overview

With hundreds of miles of hiking trails stretching from the shores of Lake Champlain to the peaks of the spectacular Green Mountains to the southern woodlands, the picturesque state of Vermont is made for hikers. Expertly curated and field-tested, this guide features 60 of the best day hikes the state has to offer, for all skill levels. Whether you’re looking to explore high summits such as Camel’s Hump or Mount Mansfield, hike sections of the Long Trail or the Appalachian Trail, or set off on a day trip through fertile valleys, rivers, and ponds, this must-have resource is a must-have in your pack. A comprehensive revision of the previous edition, this title also includes new hikes, such as Bald Mountain, Bromley Mountain, Haystack Mountain, Branch and Bourn ponds, Barr Hill, Belvidere Mountain, and Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. All descriptions of previously featured trails have been updated to reflect the most recent expansions and reroutings, highlighting the best hikes statewide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781628420784
Publisher:	Appalachian Mountain Club Books MA
Publication date:	06/05/2018
Series:	AMC's Best Day Hikes
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jen Lamphere Roberts loves to explore all kinds of trails and landscapes. Her professional pursuits include helping develop the Northern Forest Canoe Trail and helping women and girls build skills through Vermont Works for Women. She lives with her family in Montpelier, Vermont.

Table of Contents

Locator Map iv

At-a-Glance Trip Planner viii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xvi

How to Use This Book xviii

Trip Planning and Safety xx

Leave No Trace xxiv

Southern vermont 1

1 Bald Mountain 3

2 Haystack Mountain (Wilmington) 7

3 Mount Olga 11

4 Black Mountain 14

5 Putney Mountain 18

6 Grout Pond and Somerset Reservoir 22

7 Bromley Mountain 26

8 Lye Brook Falls 31

9 Mount Equinox 35

10 Mount Antone 39

11 Haystack Mountain (North Pawlet) 43

12 Little Rock Pond 47

13 White Rocks Ice Beds 51

14 Okemo Mountain 55

15 Mount Ascutney 59

16 Pico Peak 63

Central Vermont 67

17 Deer Leap 69

18 Buckner Memorial Preserve 73

19 Mount Independence 77

20 Rattlesnake Cliffs and Falls of Lana 81

21 Mount Horrid's Great Cliff 85

22 Robert Frost Trail 89

23 Snake Mountain 93

24 Sunset Ledge 97

25 Mount Abraham 101

26 Burnt Rock Mountain 105

27 Camel's Hump (East and West Sides) 109

28 Bald Top Mountain 114

29 Wright's Mountain 118

30 Spruce Mountain 123

31 Owl's Head 126

Northwestern Vermont 133

32 Mount Philo 135

33 Williams Woods 139

34 Allen Hill 143

35 Colchester Pond 147

36 Eagle Mountain 151

37 Burton Island 155

38 Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge 159

North-Central Vermont 163

39 Worcester Range Skyline 164

40 White Rock Mountain 169

41 Mount Hunger 174

42 Elmore Mountain 178

43 Wiessner Woods 182

44 Stowe Pinnacle 187

45 Mount Mansfield's Chin 191

46 Mount Mansfield's Forehead 195

47 Sterling Pond 201

48 Prospect Rock 205

49 Devil's Gulch and Big Muddy Pond 209

50 Belvidere Mountain 213

51 Jay Peak 217

Northeastern Vermont 221

52 Burke Mountain 223

53 Barr Hill 227

54 Mount Pisgah 233

55 Mount Hor 238

56 Wheeler Mountain 242

57 Conte Refuge 246

58 Monadnock Mountain 253

59 Bluff Mountain 258

60 Brousseau Mountain 262

Nature And History Essays

Thru-Hiking 30

Is It a Swamp or a Bog? 122

Quarries and RockFire 130

Vermont's Ancient, Illogical Rivers 173

Where Are the Catamounts? 186

The Sparse Tundra of Vermont 200

Is the Water Clean? 231

The Psychology of Trail Maintenance 237

Moose in Peril 251

From the CCC to the VYCC: Conservation Corps in Vermont 257

Appendix: Mountain Biking 266

Index 269

About the Author 275

AMC Book Updates 276