Mud. Boulders. Ladders. Slick rocks. Ropes. You name it, we did it, or fell trying to.
The sun finally breaking throughA spider webThe “trail”One of about a hundred thousand mud pits along the way
It was a really hard day and took us nearly 11 hours to traverse only 13 miles. We summited three peaks, Burnt Rock, mount Glen Ellen and Camels Hump. It was an ass buster of a day.
The trail remained waterlogged and full of mud, slick roots and perilous rocks.
It was very slow going.
Foam from all the rain runoff in the streamsTasty, right?
But the work was well worth the reward, and after several days of torrential rain, we finally got a really pleasant day where it counted.
We got numerous views all day, culminating with Camels Hump, which offered 360 degree views north towards Mount Mansfield, south towards Mt. Abraham, east towards the White Mountains in New Hampshire and west towards lake Champlane and the Adirondack High Peaks.
A view from the top of Burnt RockPuffy white cloudsA scary boulder scramble to the top of Camel’s HumpA view south towards Mt AbrahamVictory on the top of Camel’s Hump (4083 ft)
Finally, Vermont revealed her beautiful to us. But she certainly didn’t make it easy.
What lays ahead to the north; Mt Mansfield in the distance, as viewed from the top of Camels Hump
