Moose tracks on the long path

TThe first thing I see when I leave the camp are fresh horseshoe impressions in a mud patch. During the next or two miles, I keep watching these hooves of hooves in the sporadic patches of mud along the path and laugh well for the idea that someone tries to mount a horse in some of these rocky and slabs sections.

Finally, I realize my mistake and I feel silly. It is not a horse. I’ve been following Ancias all morning.

I take every corner very cautiously, a little waiting to see a great old hill up there, but it never shows. Finally, I stop seeing the clues.

Forcing secondary mission

Around one mile on the path, I have the option of taking a side path to the mountain summit that I have been ascending.

I knew that I would not have seen, only trees, and it is not a particularly interesting mountain for any reason, so I am proud of myself for leaving my backpack and doing it anyway. Especially on this path, I am trying to stay actively committed and interested in my environment, and I discover that exploring each possible secondary search (no matter how boring) helps with that. Thanks for the memories, Breeadloaf Mountain. I will probably not remember you.

Long water transport

The worst part of today, outside the almost 6,000 feet of elevation gain that I have planned, is the complete lack of water.

Four miles in the day, I arrive at a shelter with my only water that flows during the next 20 miles. This means that, I not only have to carry all the water that I will drink for the rest of today, but also all the water that I will use to cook tonight and everything I want in the morning.

Fortunately, 20 miles away is the city of Waitsfield, and plan to stop for a dough and fill my water bottles.

However, a kind group of ladies in a backpack and a yoga trip tells us on a side path that we can take near one of the shelters in the middle of the day that has fluid water. And, as an additional advantage, the recent rain has caused a stream near a shelter at the end of the day to start flowing again.

Our dreaded water transport of 20 miles broke into very manageable pieces of five to six miles.

Time above the tree line

Today, with much, it offers the best views of any day on the way so far. We have been obtaining some steps through the trees, but the phenomenal views reach the top of the longest upload so far: Mount Abraham.

The path rises directly through these rock slabs.

With a 360 ° view of the neighboring mountains and towns in the upper part, I decide to lock and take everything before passing to the camp. I hope that the camp will have almost such good views; I stay in a ski patrol hut in the chair of Mount Abraham.

This is the first time that I am above the tree line on the path so far, except Killington Mountain, but just tell that since the dense fog stole my views.

On Mount Abraham, I can clearly see how the mountains that surround us are padded with various colors as the leaves change for the fall. Red Arces groups stand out abruptly.

Ski patrol sleeping

From there, I have an easy, beautiful and chry walk of the crest line to the ski patrol cabin. The reviews are mixed: some comments say it is a wonderful refuge, while others mention the many mice and the interior inside.

Chickn chooses to sleep outside the deck, while I pushed two tables to make me a less easy goal for mice.

In general, it is a good place to sleep like any other, and I get out of consciousness before being able to make a dent in my book. For me, that is a sign of a good day.

Sunset from the cabin window.

Today, I listen to «Werewolves of London» by Warren Zevon, and sounds as if he fell asleep in the rear of the car while my father listens to the car and takes me home from the swimming practice on Saturday morning.

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