1. New England 4000+ ft Mountains

Mt. Abraham - VT (7 of 67)

Peak number 7 of 67 peaks for this year would be Mt. Abraham in VT at 4,006 feet. It was hiked on 6/1/14 where the conditions on the summit was mostly sunny and it was 63 degrees with 6 mph winds gusting to 9 mph. The hike was 9.95 miles with 2,869 ft of vertical gain. I the hiked the mountain today using the long trail and attempted to hit Mt. Ellen as well to get two peaks in one day. Having not been here before though, I turned around a little before Mt. Ellen on a wooded hump that I thought was the summit since it had a marker and I couldn't see anything else further up the ridge
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I took the Long Trail starting at Lincoln Gap
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I took the Long Trail starting at Lincoln Gap

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  • I took the Long Trail starting at Lincoln Gap
  • The trail crosses the road right at the high point
  • Early parts of the trail are pretty gentle and easy
  • Small and large Painted Trillium were still in bloom next to the trail
  • A close up of one of the Painted Trillium shows it didn't read the guide book and doesn't know it should only have 3 petal and not 4
  • The trail as it starts to get a bit rocky and steeper
  • Looking further up a rocky portion of trail
  • Another easy section of trail as you keep gaining elevation
  • After a while, the trail mostly levels out for a fair distance.  Here it only goes uphill slightly
  • Looking up a rock slab that the trail heads over
  • Looking back down the trail from the small above treeline summit of Mt. Abraham
  • Either an old rock foundation, or a semi-square pile of rocks built by hikers
  • Another shot of the small rock foundation on the summit
  • View to the west from the summit
  • A gap in the mountains where route 17/116 runs through.  Bristol, VT is just on the other side
  • Looking north up the range from the summit of Mt. Abraham
  • View northwest from the summit
  • View west from the summit
  • Looking south from the summit at the nearby mountains
  • Mt. Ellen just up the range
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