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Stratton Mountain 6/1/2013

At 3,940 ft, Stratton Mountain is 73rd on the New England Hundred Highest hiking list. I hiked it on 6/1/13 using the Long Trail as an out and back from Stratton Arlington Rd. The hike was 6.5 miles round trip with an overall elevation gain of 2,298 ft. The weather was predicted to be hazy, hot, and humid and it sure was. This is a shorter and easier hike so it was a good fit for a hot day. While the views were limited by the haze, they were still great from the fire tower at the summit.
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Plenty of room in the parking lot when I showed up at 8am
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Plenty of room in the parking lot when I showed up at 8am

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  • Plenty of room in the parking lot when I showed up at 8am
  • The start of the trail up the mountain. Today's path follows both the Long Trail (LT) and the Appalachian Trail (AT)
  • A patch of Pink Lady Slippers near the trail
  • Pink Lady Slippers
  • Pink Lady Slippers
  • One of multiple small brook crossings
  • The trail is pretty gentle for the first mile or so
  • Bog bridges crossing a wet are at the outlet of a beaver dam
  • Looking up to the beaver pond
  • This Painted Trillium didn't read the guidebook to know that it should only have three petals, not nine
  • More easy walking
  • Part way up the first of two climbing sections of trail
  • A rock inside the roots of a tree
  • Getting up into another easy section of trail
  • Looking back down a mostly flat trail
  • The blue sky through the trees makes it look like a nice day out, even if the temperature and humidity are starting to climb high
  • One of the trail blazes on a tree
  • Starting to climb moderately again
  • A view south from a turn in the trail
  • This view point is very narrow
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