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The closure extends 60 feet from the shelter. This leaves plenty of space outside this zone to camp in the designated camping area area.

Here is the scoping document. https://usfs-public.app.box.com/v/PinyonPublic/file/1610900042116

I’m noticing now Gaia also shows it at “Chattooga River Trail”. Be interested to hear what kind of shape it’s in. Most trails in the area are in...

What are they going to do, replace the logs and save the roof? To replace all the logs and save the roof doesn't make sense to me, a few bad logs...

Yeah, the ford isn't too bad. I'm using that trailhead only because it's closer to the Old Iron Bridge on Bull Pen Rd. Planning a Saturday hike...

The logs very well could be original. Here is how the shelter looked in 1938.

Probably but I don't know for sure. In the almost 20 years that I've been here, we haven't replaced any. See you on the trail, mt squid

Was all that the original logs

The hike from Rutland to Hanover is the best part of Vermont. You walk thru long-ago fields overgrown by forest retaking the farmlands. You will hike...

That was quite an ordeal Bilko. Glad you were able to continue and that it didn't interupt your hike too much. When I went through there it was late...

What a great story Bilko that has led me down a fun cyberhole the past couple hours. You left out the Melville quote but that may be best in another...

When going solo in a tandem, it is usually best practice to use the bow seat, facing backwards, to get your weight more toward center, and to put a...

Wow, Bilko, that's quite a story!!! Glad you survived. Not sure very many of us would have had our wits about us like you did. So easy for us to...

My Time at UGPS. Sunday, June 7th. 107th day. I had seen the canoe picture a dozen times in the Appalachian Trail Thru-Hikers Companion. I knew...

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Parking across the street from the Inn at Long trai. Off of Dear Leap Trail from the AT. Delicious end of hike feast!

Thanks for all of the comments above. I did complete the trip, finishing at the Monadnock Visitor Center on Saturday, 8/31. I actually chose to do...

Thanks for the replies. My basic plan now is to park at the trailhead along US4 near Rutland, get a shuttle to Etna Rd near Hanover, and hike the 52...

Thanks for doing this!

If you want forgiving trail I suggest starting at US 4 instead of of VT 103. The hike up from VT 103 out of Clarendon Gorge is the steepest and...

Same here LoneStranger. That northern Vermont Long Trail is a ROMPER ROOM

I thought this post was going to be about the north end of the Long Trail :) The eastern VT section of the AT is a deceptively smooth footpath for...

As a Marine, welcome. Would concur on Killington to Hanover being relatively mellow. South to the MA line a little more rough. MA and CT...

Definitely second staying at The Long Trail Inn. Be sure to ask for the Hiker Special. While a blue blaze it is the original AT.

The trail from Killington to Hanover has excellent tread. It is not rocky at all. No hands needed. There are short ups and downs from the Long...

From what I recall the trail mellows out a bit after leaving the Long Trail until a little before the Whites so I'd say that's a good option.