Name of mountain(s): Stark’s Nest, Green Mountains, Vermont Name of trail(s): Long Trail (LT)
Hikers name: Farmer Bob and Gargoyle Girl (Jenifer)
Hike date(s): 8/9/08 Weather and trail conditions: Cloudy and windy to start. It rained when we were half way up. Partly cloudy on summit.
Total miles hiked: 5 Trip report: We left our house around 6 last night and drove to Waitsfield Vermont to the trailhead of the LT on Rt.17.
We got to the trailhead around 10:30pm and set up our sleeping bags in the back of our Vue. This was our camp.
We didn’t sleep to well.
We got up around 6am and ate breakfast. I brought my stove but I forgot the coffee (yes we were roughing it).
We geared up and were on the trail by 7am.
The trail starts out steep. There were many large mud puddles and a lot of running water on the trail.
Soon the trail had Mad River Glen Snowshoe signs next to the blazes.
The boulders on the trail started to get bigger with many tree roots on them, and very slippery. Soon we came to a ladder that made a steep climb much easier.
We came to a clearing and saw a chair lift. We thought this was Stark’s Nest. We checked out the ski map sign and found out this wasn’t Stark’s Nest, so we headed back to the LT.
The trail started to get steep again. There were several long ascents of slippery boulders.
We reached Dean’s Cave Bypass and a toilet for the Theron Dean Shelter. We took a short break and continued up.
There was another ladder to go up and some more huge boulders.
The last section before Stark’s Nest was small ups and downs until we saw part of a roof. We were at Stark’s Nest.
We took out the clue sheet for the Merry Pranksters Mad River Glen-Ski it if you can letterbox.
We followed the clues and found the box. First finders! Thanks for the patch.
After stamping the stamp and log book, we checked out the single chairlift and the views from the deck. Then I re-hide the Pranksters box.
We took a lunch break and hung out for a while.
As we were getting ready to leave, a dark cloud rolled in. We put on our rain jackets and headed down.
The hike back was slippery but we had no problems.
About halfway down we took a break and took off our rain jackets.
We past by many weekend warriors with their children hiking up the LT with little gear.
When we got back to the parking lot, it was full. People with camera’s, people on bikes, people making out on the guardrail, and people getting ready to hike on the LT.
We did plan on going over the Mt. Ellen after Stark’s Nest but we were pretty beat from the lack of sleep the night before.
Stark’s Nest was a pretty tough climb for a 3000’ peak.
I’ll never underestimate a non-4k in Vermont again.
Pictures at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/565292879OyeEBw
Hikers name: Farmer Bob and Gargoyle Girl (Jenifer)
Hike date(s): 8/9/08 Weather and trail conditions: Cloudy and windy to start. It rained when we were half way up. Partly cloudy on summit.
Total miles hiked: 5 Trip report: We left our house around 6 last night and drove to Waitsfield Vermont to the trailhead of the LT on Rt.17.
We got to the trailhead around 10:30pm and set up our sleeping bags in the back of our Vue. This was our camp.
We didn’t sleep to well.
We got up around 6am and ate breakfast. I brought my stove but I forgot the coffee (yes we were roughing it).
We geared up and were on the trail by 7am.
The trail starts out steep. There were many large mud puddles and a lot of running water on the trail.
Soon the trail had Mad River Glen Snowshoe signs next to the blazes.
The boulders on the trail started to get bigger with many tree roots on them, and very slippery. Soon we came to a ladder that made a steep climb much easier.
We came to a clearing and saw a chair lift. We thought this was Stark’s Nest. We checked out the ski map sign and found out this wasn’t Stark’s Nest, so we headed back to the LT.
The trail started to get steep again. There were several long ascents of slippery boulders.
We reached Dean’s Cave Bypass and a toilet for the Theron Dean Shelter. We took a short break and continued up.
There was another ladder to go up and some more huge boulders.
The last section before Stark’s Nest was small ups and downs until we saw part of a roof. We were at Stark’s Nest.
We took out the clue sheet for the Merry Pranksters Mad River Glen-Ski it if you can letterbox.
We followed the clues and found the box. First finders! Thanks for the patch.
After stamping the stamp and log book, we checked out the single chairlift and the views from the deck. Then I re-hide the Pranksters box.
We took a lunch break and hung out for a while.
As we were getting ready to leave, a dark cloud rolled in. We put on our rain jackets and headed down.
The hike back was slippery but we had no problems.
About halfway down we took a break and took off our rain jackets.
We past by many weekend warriors with their children hiking up the LT with little gear.
When we got back to the parking lot, it was full. People with camera’s, people on bikes, people making out on the guardrail, and people getting ready to hike on the LT.
We did plan on going over the Mt. Ellen after Stark’s Nest but we were pretty beat from the lack of sleep the night before.
Stark’s Nest was a pretty tough climb for a 3000’ peak.
I’ll never underestimate a non-4k in Vermont again.
Pictures at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/565292879OyeEBw
1 comment:
Yeah and you have to be careful of those kids making out on the guard rail. That's like, the most romantic spot EVER in Vermont. :D
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