14 miles (158 Total) Skylight Lodge to Batelle Shelter I woke up just in time to see a great sunrise over the pond. “Carolyn, there’s a great sunrise outside,” I whispered. “You should get up and see it.” “Erm..I’m going to just sleep.” She said, rolling back over.  I went down by the pond to […]

16 miles (144 Total) Sunrise Shelter to Skylight Lodge We slept in late (7:30 AM), and were out on the trail late (8:30 AM). After yesterday’s long day we decided we owed it to ourselves to sleep in. Today was challenging. The trail ascended and descended all day. It was a terrible roller coaster of

19 miles (128 Total) Sherburne Pass to Sunrise Shelter We slept okay by Route 4, across the street from the Inn at the Long Trail, despite there being cars going back and forth over the Pass all night. The day was just okay. There were no views, just up and down trail that meandered through

16 miles (109 Total) Clarendon Shelter to Sherburne Pass 43.66306, -72.83233 We started our ascent up Killington as soon as we left the shelter. It wasn’t too bad of a climb and we made the 10 miles up there by 12:30. The day was cool, barely going above 60, and it was nice hiking weather.

15 miles (93 Total) Homer Stone Trail to Clarendon Shelter 43.52387, -72.91228 We woke up early to try and catch the 6:30 bus back to South Wallingford. This turned out to be a mistake because the bus doesn’t run on Sundays, even though the website says so. We just stood there at the bus stop

Zero Day, Yellow Deli Hostel 43.60651, -72.97881 My foot looked a lot better when I woke up. I think it will be fine to hike out on tomorrow. This was a relief. Carolyn was getting nervous that she would have to deal with the black flies all by herself. The day was spent lounging around,

2 Miles (78 Total) Little Rock Pond Shelter to Rutland Yellow Deli Hostel 43.60651, -72.97881 We took a side trail out towards Route 7 to get back to Rutland. My foot didn’t look any better in the morning, just slightly worse. The laceration yesterday was able to close on its own without applying any pressure,

12 miles (76 Total) Styles Peak to Little Rock Pond Shelter 43.39891, -72.95405 Today was great until we went swimming in Little Rock Pond.  It was a nice swim. The water was cool and refreshing, and it felt amazing washing the last 6 days of salt and dirt off of my body. Fully rejuvenated, I

10 miles (64 Total) Bromley Mountain back to Manchester then back to Bromley then on to Styles Peak 43.27373, -72.93817 Carolyn didn’t feel well at all last night and had a strange bite on the back of her head, near the base of her neck. It looked like a potential tick bite. Her symptoms came

14 miles (54 Total) Stratton Pond to Bromley Mountain Ski Hut 43.22742, -72.93989 We started out dry on our way to Vermont Route 30, and were soon caught in a passing morning shower. It seemed as if the storm system wasn’t quite done with us yet. Ponchos were thrown on to mitigate the rain and