Guides
The bare cone of this 4,000 footer in Vermont in a way does resemble the hump of a camel.
This 4,083 foot peak has a very unique summit cone that gives it its name. You'll be following the Burrows Trail through Camel's Hump State Park for 4.8 miles round trip. Just before you reach the summit you'll come to the junction of the Long Trail which you will follow up the steep cone to the summit. From there you will return the same way you...
1.9 mile trail near Lake Willoughby, Vermont
It is not often that in a small community, the lower elevation mountain with the less exciting views deserves praise, but in this case I think it does. Mounting Hor is significantly easier than Pisgah, thanks to a CCC road that knocks nearly 600 feet off the ascent, which itself is shorter by about 100 feet as well, cutting the elevation gain of the...
A great hike up Vermont's highest point with an optional ski descent down the Stowe Ski Resort
This is any easy round trip less than 5 miles that will take you up the ski trails of Stowe to the top of the Vermont Highpoint at 4,393 feet and then back down the trails in a fast ski descent. Should only take an afternoon. You'll have great views north towards Canada and south towards the southern Green Mountains. You may even be able to see across...
Grab both these 4,000' peaks on a long ridge above the Sugarbush Ski Resort with an optional ski descent.
This is a fun ridge climb in winter or spring if you bring along a pair of skis for the descent. Once you climb up the ski slopes you'll be following the Long Trail over the ridge to get both Abraham and Ellen. You'll reach the top of Lincoln Peak first on your ascent above the highest chairlift at Sugarbush. You'll then follow the ridge south to...
Two big Green Mountain peaks with an optional mountain bike descent.
Ok, perhaps this is considered "technically" cheating when it comes to bagging both these peaks because you will use a mountain bike to descend that you personally didn't carry up the mountain yourself but who cares because this trip ends with a really fun descent! I suppose you could also do this with backcountry skis as well if you came in the winter...
The hike is not just a means to an end. Good views and features.
This hike is most certainly a sleeper. Nestled in between Belvidere and Waterville at the end of Coddling Hollow Road, the meager elevation change and innocuous looking topography make it appear uninteresting. March up the fairly untrammeled path and you will find trout lillies growing right in the middle of the trail and big red trilliums on the side....
Trips
Mt. Mansfield VT - Sunset Ridge, Cantilever Rock, Laura Knowles Loop KGA003
Underhill State Park, Vermont, United States
Hiking | 4.5 miles
Hiking | 4.5 miles
This is a really scenic hike, although there are too many people! I guess we did the loop the wrong way - coming down the mountain via Laura Knowles path is very VERY steep in places and tracking is slippery due to the high humidity in the forrest. Despite this, this is a really fun trip and Sunset Ridge is quite easy.
Nice easy hike up to Little Rock Pond and then the loop trail around the Pond. Excellent hike for kids and dogs with much access to water along the way and obviously at the pond.
Short, easy hike to Vermont's tallest waterfall!My wife and I took our 13 yr old and 8 yr old on this Mothers Day hike. The trail is fairly well marked with blue paint markings on the trees. The hike was our first using Trails software on our IPhone and uploading it to the Trails site. If your in Manchester Center and looking for a short easy hike to a beautiful, tall waterfall...
A late start put us on the cliffs at sunset which was perfect for photos but meant we had to make the return trip by headlamp. Contrary to the suggested route, we climbed up via the Aunt Jenny trail, the steeper of the two options saving the more gradual Rattlesnake Cliffs Trail for the return trip in hopes of making it easier on fragile knees. It seems the strategy worked as I...
Hike starting at Stratton-Arlington Road (a.k.a. Arlington-Stratton Road) by East Branch of Deerfield River. North on :LT/At to STratton summit and firetower, then continue North on LT/AT to Stratton Pond junction with Stratton Pond Trail. Take SP Trail back to SA Road and hike along road back to car.Beautiful day 35 in morning much warmer in early afternoon, no snow cover to speak of, wind was whipping at top of fire tower,...
An easy hike through some of the most beautiful forest I've seen. In places dense overstory shaded out much of the growth on the forest floor so tree trunks rise up from an unmowed lawn of grass. Truly a "park" feel normally found in semi-arid western forests or in groomed forests of the east where land owners have cleared the understory. Here shade is responsible. My hiking partner called it "walking through...
Long Trail South, starting from Stowe and going up, all the way to the Chin, Vermont's highest peak, at 4,395 ft. elevation.We stopped at Taft Lodge to eat lunch and then took the remaining 0.3 miles up all the way to The Chin. I must say that the last 0.3 miles, from Taft Lodge to the top, is definitely scary with quite steep rocks to climb and breath taking views. Beware if...
With Emma (7 yo) - GPS issues near the end, elevation should come down gradually.
