Antlerpeak
07-05-2005, 06:59 PM
I just finished reading Spence's trip report by comparison this one of mine is mellow. As I said elsewhere my current quest is to reach 1000 different peaks. I am well over that if you count reclimbs but the anvil here is different summits. The beauty of this is I get to pick and choose from any list, rejecting things like spence just did. Here is peak number 730
Blue Ridge Mt ( Mendon VT ) 3278
Just a few days after doing Okemo and finding out there is a Vermont hundred highest list, ( how foolish of me not to know), I found myself climbing up this 3278' peak another Vermont 3K. Armed with the knowledge that Rte149 from Ft Ann Ny to Lake George remains closed and all the traffic was funneled down rte 4 I avoided that area. The Canty trail is in real good condition but unlike Okemo it reserves all the climbing for the second half of the trip. I gained 200 feet in the first mile 1300 in the second. I am told there is a good view up there, however, as I stepped on the summit litteraly as my second foot hadn't quite reached it there was a loud boom of thunder and a deluge of rain.
Blue Ridge Mt turned into one of those U-Turn Mts much like my peak bagging days of the 4K's. You know sign the register turn quick and run to the next one as you were often not slowed down by views? The guide book says 3 and 1/2 hours thanks to the rain, thunder, I did not see any lightening, thank you, the round trip took only 2 hrs and 10 minutes. With this I have reached different peak number 730 in my quest to reach a thousand. So it is not likely a return to Blue Ridge is in the cards though it seems worthy.
A note about trail location. The road comming off Rte 4 west of the long trail is on the left if arriving from Rutland. It is signed "Turnpike Road" not Elbow road as in the guide I have. Also the trail sign is on a gate blocking a dirt road and barely visible .6 mi from rte 4 It is easy to miss and the trail is identified as the Blue Ridge Trail. So go on up there it is a great hike even if I almost drowned. Oh yes after reaching the nice cascade 850 feet below the summit the sun came out.
Blue Ridge Mt ( Mendon VT ) 3278
Just a few days after doing Okemo and finding out there is a Vermont hundred highest list, ( how foolish of me not to know), I found myself climbing up this 3278' peak another Vermont 3K. Armed with the knowledge that Rte149 from Ft Ann Ny to Lake George remains closed and all the traffic was funneled down rte 4 I avoided that area. The Canty trail is in real good condition but unlike Okemo it reserves all the climbing for the second half of the trip. I gained 200 feet in the first mile 1300 in the second. I am told there is a good view up there, however, as I stepped on the summit litteraly as my second foot hadn't quite reached it there was a loud boom of thunder and a deluge of rain.
Blue Ridge Mt turned into one of those U-Turn Mts much like my peak bagging days of the 4K's. You know sign the register turn quick and run to the next one as you were often not slowed down by views? The guide book says 3 and 1/2 hours thanks to the rain, thunder, I did not see any lightening, thank you, the round trip took only 2 hrs and 10 minutes. With this I have reached different peak number 730 in my quest to reach a thousand. So it is not likely a return to Blue Ridge is in the cards though it seems worthy.
A note about trail location. The road comming off Rte 4 west of the long trail is on the left if arriving from Rutland. It is signed "Turnpike Road" not Elbow road as in the guide I have. Also the trail sign is on a gate blocking a dirt road and barely visible .6 mi from rte 4 It is easy to miss and the trail is identified as the Blue Ridge Trail. So go on up there it is a great hike even if I almost drowned. Oh yes after reaching the nice cascade 850 feet below the summit the sun came out.