The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-17
OVER THEALoNo TRAIL
Ten Days Tramp by Appalachian
Club Members.

OluD members.
A party of 10 members Of the
Appalachian club left Waterbury
fer Boston Saturday, September 10,
after a week spent in trip over
The long traiT. The party arriy.
cd in Rutland Friday evening, Sep
tombor 5. climbed Killington Peak
the next morning and set out for
Camels Hump This is he first
large party TO follow the trail from
KilingJon 20 Camel's Hump The
ia mlitiamen of Company N who
made a practice march in July along
the trail did their walking in the
Sterling-BcltOn region. Two other
parties Of two and live persons, re
specuvely, are now en- the trail and
expect to cover the entire distance
I from Mansfield 10 Killington.
70 aid the Green Moun.ain club
ard the forestry department i'm the
work OF completing the trail be
/ tween Lincoln Mountain and Mount
I Horrid so that q through rip would
! be possible the Appalachian club con
tributed in August 500 to the funds
Of the Green Mountain club After
! their week in the Green Mountains. a
now mountain land opened 10 mount
Gin lovers by the long trail" the
! Boston men felt that this trip would
! prove TO be merely the first of many
excursions through the Green Noun
/ tains by members of che Appalachian
club. Their limited time on this oc.
| casicn made il impossible for them
! 10 continue 10 the north over Bolton
( and Mansfield and Sterling
! The party carried food supplies.
tents and blankets so that they
we're absolutely Independent as they
/ followed the sky line of Vermont
! along the mountains. Their packs
/ heaped Nup in frCnt of The Ber-
! wick in this city Saturday morning.
! september ., looked formidable. even
though 60 pounds OF supplies hao
! been sen, ahead 20 be picked up at
| Breadloaf. The khaki-clad party
seemed to be quite a novelty as they
set out in carriages for the base of
Kil'nGton. But since the mountain
has become the southern terminal OF
l30 miles OF rail, the people of Rut.
| land will soon become accustomed to
extending hospitality to parties of
this kind.
After enjoying the superb view
! from the summit Of Kiilington. Mr..
Cole. The leader Of the party. ana his
companions Sc, out on the long
/ rail' at about l O'Clock, walking
over the slopes of Pico and arriving
al the w oodstock-Rutland road in
( Sherburne pass late in the afternoon.
Here they made camp near a stream.
Rising the next morning at $50. they
pushed on past Noyes mill and
Noyes pond and Chittenden pono.
and spent the night at Aliens lum-
her camp on the slopes of Mount Car
mel This camp lies some distance
10 the west OF the trail. The guide
and the cook. who had gone ahead
to prepare supper for the party.
marked their route with bits of blue
handkerchief tied To branches. The
handke rchief from which the MIG
cardly signals were torn was so small
and The air was so misty in the late
afternoon that the trampers came
near spending the night lost and sup
q lNAf'tffs iANtA l'.AtA at nA1AuH Tue
camp and the joys ct a generous sup
per rather dangerously heightened
The day of men who had risen AZ $50.
FOR The party, 10 quote the diary fool
! ed till midnight" and then went to
] sleep several times"
:, Strangely enough to the initiated
hut naturally enough TO those who
know the early next morning felt
line.' and hit the trail hard at $50.
Md apparently they needed TO. The
diaIist of the company recorded that
The trail slabbing around Little Car
mel is "by na.ure mean trail"
there was enough jewel weed and net.
tie 70 make man self-consCious.
J Stung into poce-making thcy covered
ihe first four and n half misty noun
tain miles in one and hale hours
They arrived at Rochester pass soaih
OF Mount Horrid. at $50. Half a doz
en- Of The party climbed the mountain
fer a view Of the sunset. That even
ing wonderful moonlight seemed "a
take the chill out Of the air.
? Tuesday they set out on the sec
iicn OF the Trail last completed. from
+. Mount Horrid to Lincoln mountain
IN the late afternoon the trail led
Them past one of the most attractive
mountain lakes in Vermont. pleiai