| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Mt. Mansfield - Adams Apple, Mt. Mansfield - The Chin, VT |
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 | Trails: |
Long Trail, Adams Apple Trail, road walk, Haselton Trail |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Friday, October 3, 2025 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
enormous parking area at ski resort. Finished at 3:15. Routes 108 and 100 were a a parking lot all the way through Waterbury. Took 1:15 to get to 89-super annoying!!! |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Dry Trail, Wet Trail, Wet/Slippery Rock |
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 | Water Crossing Notes: |
Easy rock hops |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Some really tough scrambles for dogs on the final climb up the Chin. Otherwise no problem. |
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 | Comments: |
Day two of our Vermont extravaganza-Mt. Mansfield is a real stunner. Can’t believe I’ve been living less than two hours away for ten years and have never hiked it-really excited to go back and check out other trails. Hike up the long trail to the Col was nice and easy. Kiddos wanted to skip the Adams Apple-what a mistake that would have been!!! For a three minute effort you get an incredible closeup of the Chin in all its glory. Was fun to see people scrambling up it before our turn. Spoke with guy on top who just came up Hellbrook and stated he thinks it is harder than any trail in the Whites due to its perpetual wetness. The climb up the Chin is really fun with some challenging scrambles that the kids really enjoyed. Passed a small group of kids on a field trip with two teachers-one of the kids was having an incredibly difficult time making it up the mountain-stopped to offer help but they said they were good and the kid eventually made it up we saw. Seems like an aggressive hike to take non-hiker young children up?! Ridge walk was stunning-I really enjoyed the hordes of tourists, some of whom were very nice and others of whom I felt like pushing off the edge of the mountain. Love those toll roads!!! Speaking of obnoxious infrastructure on beautiful summits-I think they could use a few more communications towers on the Nose-what a monstrosity that whole look is:( Walked the toll road a half mile to jump on Haselton, which begins as “The Nosedive” black diamond ski trail for a quarter mile. Needless to say it is really steep, but the views are amazing and worth the quadriceps hammering. Enjoyed the trail in the wooded section also-it meanders through many streams, and from other reports it sounds really wet at normal times. Today most the surfaces were dry. Overall, this was a magnificent loop. I think counter-clockwise was the way to go! |
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 | Name: |
James, Badass, Silent Running |
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 | E-Mail: |
stormyweatherholt@yahoo.com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2025-10-03 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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