Date(s) Hiked: June 21, 2006
Trails(s) Hiked: Monroe, Dean, LT, South to Ethan Allen, then North over Camels Hump back to Monroe & Allis trail loop on northbound LT trip.
Total Distance: Approx. 9.9 miles & just over 3,400 feet of elevation gain
Difficulty: moderate to strenous, hard to tell after doing Presi-Traverse on 6/17.
Conditions: beautiful day, LT was still a bit damp in many places though.
Special Required Equipment: sunglasses, water
Trip Report: Started late in the AM as I had business in Montpelier to take care of first. Made great time to the LT getting to the camp just south of the Dean & LT junction in an hour. I got to the North Peak of Ethan Allen & the sign said the elevation was 3,680 feet. I had 3,688 as the elevation so I wandered over to South Peak which was viewless. Unsure which was higher, South had a pin in the rock while the North Peak had the sign & a small easterly view. The view from Allis lookout was nice & showed all the climbing I had to do. While the climbing looked like it was going to be spread out over 1.7 miles, most of it occurred in only a couple of places. It had been 9 years & 11 months since I had been here the first time so I had forgotten some of that.
Nice clear day, could make out the Northern Presidentials, Franconia Ridge & Moosilauke, while across Lake Champlain it was easier to make out many more of the High Peaks since I was closer to NY. Made it back to the car in just over an hour while some trail jogging along the fairly mellow Monroe trail. Saw a bunch of scouts headed towards the shelter. For a Wednesday, it was pretty busy.
Now if only every summer day was like the first!
Trails(s) Hiked: Monroe, Dean, LT, South to Ethan Allen, then North over Camels Hump back to Monroe & Allis trail loop on northbound LT trip.
Total Distance: Approx. 9.9 miles & just over 3,400 feet of elevation gain
Difficulty: moderate to strenous, hard to tell after doing Presi-Traverse on 6/17.
Conditions: beautiful day, LT was still a bit damp in many places though.
Special Required Equipment: sunglasses, water
Trip Report: Started late in the AM as I had business in Montpelier to take care of first. Made great time to the LT getting to the camp just south of the Dean & LT junction in an hour. I got to the North Peak of Ethan Allen & the sign said the elevation was 3,680 feet. I had 3,688 as the elevation so I wandered over to South Peak which was viewless. Unsure which was higher, South had a pin in the rock while the North Peak had the sign & a small easterly view. The view from Allis lookout was nice & showed all the climbing I had to do. While the climbing looked like it was going to be spread out over 1.7 miles, most of it occurred in only a couple of places. It had been 9 years & 11 months since I had been here the first time so I had forgotten some of that.
Nice clear day, could make out the Northern Presidentials, Franconia Ridge & Moosilauke, while across Lake Champlain it was easier to make out many more of the High Peaks since I was closer to NY. Made it back to the car in just over an hour while some trail jogging along the fairly mellow Monroe trail. Saw a bunch of scouts headed towards the shelter. For a Wednesday, it was pretty busy.
Now if only every summer day was like the first!
