141 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL Y LONG TRAIL - VERMONT - Sección 6.1 y 5.2 - Del Big Branch Shelter a Wallingford Gulf Road, VT-140
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 9.93 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,837 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 2,274 ft
- Max elevation
- 2,598 ft
- TrailRank
-
87
5
- Min elevation
- 2,598 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 6 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1438
- Uploaded
- October 4, 2016
- Recorded
- October 2016
near Mount Tabor, Vermont (United States)
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Itinerary description
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Stage 141
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 140 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND LONG TRAIL - VERMONT - Section 6.2 - From Mad Tom Notch USFS 21, Peru, VT to Big Branch Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 142 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND LONG TRAIL - VERMONT -Section 4.2 and 5.1 -Governor Clement / Swansong Shelter, to Bear Mt. and Rt VT-140
Route along the Appalachian Trail , passing through the state of Vermont (United States), from south to north, from the Big Branch Shelter, on the banks of the homonymous river, to the intersection of the trail with the Wallingford Gulf Road, VT-140, all within the Green Mountain National Forest.
The stage corresponds to the first part of section 6 and the second part of section 5 of the Appalachian Trail, according to the official distribution of stages of this trail in the state of Vermont, and also coincides in its layout with that of a section of the Long Trail, which is the oldest long distance trail in the United States, created between 1910 and 1930, with a total length of 438 km. (always through the state of Vermont), from the boundary of this state with Massachusetts, in the vicinity of the town of Williamstown, MA, to very close to the Canadian border, in North Troy, Vermont.
We start the stage at dawn, at the Big Branch Shelter, a shelter located a couple of kilometers away from the intersection of the Appalachian Trail with USFS-10 - Danby-Landgrove Road. The route of the path runs, in this first section, to the west, and almost parallel to the course of the Big Branch, with very little slope.
A few meters after reaching USFS-10, the AT turns north, and for three more kilometers, also gently sloping, follows a path very close to Little Black Branch, to Little Rock Pond, beautiful lake or reservoir surrounded by an exuberant vegetation, in whose shore is the Little Rock Pond Shelter, refuge with an original design and capacity for eight occupants.
PROVISIONAL DESCRIPTION
CONTENT IN ELABORATION
⇐ Link to the previous stage: 140 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND LONG TRAIL - VERMONT - Section 6.2 - From Mad Tom Notch USFS 21, Peru, VT to Big Branch Shelter
⇒ Link to the next stage: 142 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL AND LONG TRAIL - VERMONT -Section 4.2 and 5.1 -Governor Clement / Swansong Shelter, to Bear Mt. and Rt VT-140
Route along the Appalachian Trail , passing through the state of Vermont (United States), from south to north, from the Big Branch Shelter, on the banks of the homonymous river, to the intersection of the trail with the Wallingford Gulf Road, VT-140, all within the Green Mountain National Forest.
The stage corresponds to the first part of section 6 and the second part of section 5 of the Appalachian Trail, according to the official distribution of stages of this trail in the state of Vermont, and also coincides in its layout with that of a section of the Long Trail, which is the oldest long distance trail in the United States, created between 1910 and 1930, with a total length of 438 km. (always through the state of Vermont), from the boundary of this state with Massachusetts, in the vicinity of the town of Williamstown, MA, to very close to the Canadian border, in North Troy, Vermont.
We start the stage at dawn, at the Big Branch Shelter, a shelter located a couple of kilometers away from the intersection of the Appalachian Trail with USFS-10 - Danby-Landgrove Road. The route of the path runs, in this first section, to the west, and almost parallel to the course of the Big Branch, with very little slope.
A few meters after reaching USFS-10, the AT turns north, and for three more kilometers, also gently sloping, follows a path very close to Little Black Branch, to Little Rock Pond, beautiful lake or reservoir surrounded by an exuberant vegetation, in whose shore is the Little Rock Pond Shelter, refuge with an original design and capacity for eight occupants.
PROVISIONAL DESCRIPTION
CONTENT IN ELABORATION
Waypoints
Wilderness hut
1,525 ft
Inicio de la etapa. Big Branch Shelter, a orillas del Big Branch
Inicio de la etapa. Big Branch Shelter, a orillas del Big Branch
Intersection
1,678 ft
Intersección del AT con la USFS-10 - Danby - Landgrove Road y el Black Branch
Intersection of the AT with the USFS-10 - Danby - Landgrove Road and the Black Branch
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Lake
Wilderness hut
1,932 ft
Little Rock Pond Shelter. Refugio y zona de acampada, al borde del lago
Little Rock Pond Shelter. Shelter and camping area, on the edge of the lake
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Photo
2,546 ft
Sendero, con pequeños montículos formados por los caminantes, con lascas de cuarcita
Path, with small mounds formed by walkers, with quartzite flakes
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Photo
2,351 ft
Desvío en corto sendero lateral que conduce a White Rocks. Pequeños montones con más lascas de cuarcita
Short path detour that leads to White Rocks. Small heaps with more flakes
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Panorama
Waterfall
Intersection
1,233 ft
Intersección del AT con la Sugar Hill Road / Russell Road
Intersección del AT con la Sugar Hill Road / Russell Road
River
1,246 ft
Roaring Brook, puente e intersección del AT con la Wallingford Gulf Road, VT-140
Roaring Brook, bridge and intersection of the AT with the Wallingford Gulf Road, VT-140
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Hermosos lagos, con un colorido de otoño espectacular