Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-06-28
GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB BUSY
Several Sections Clearing and
Improving Long Trail.
Distances BelnG Accurately Measured
for First Time-Local Section to
Put Up signs-Prof. Monroe
Arrives Saturday.

Several sections Of the Green Mountain |
club are clearing out their divisions Of
the Long Trail, or will do so soon, and |
more or less new trail-building will be
done. Professor w. 8. Monroe Of the New
York section, which now comprises about
200 members. will arrive In town Saturday
morning, and spend most Of the time be-
tween then and the opening Of the sum-
mer school Of the State university, at
which ne will teach, in putting the Monroe
Sky Line trail into shape. He may ex-
tend the trail. The New York section which
he heads, IL back of him. and the extent
of his new work depends principally upon
what time he will have and what funds
there are for the purpose. For the hrst
time. some Of the sections will measure
their parts Of the Long Trail accurately.
wheel with cyclometer such as Is used
on bicycle will be employed. 1t 10 hoped.
before the summer ID over, to measure
most Of the Long Trail.
The Burlington section 10 not only clear
ing out the trail on Bolton mountain. but
will build about third Of a mile Of new
trail from Camp No. 4. e % miles say
from Bolton) due north. The section 10
putting up distance markers and direction
arrows every mile or 30.
LAUNDERING operations on Mt. Mansfield,
east Of the forehead, have blocked the
trail. and Stowe, which will entertain the
Vermont Press association over this week.
end, is clearing out the trail In the vicin-
ity, between the hotel on the mountain
and the Mt. Mansfield Trout club. The as
ISOLATION arrives In Stowe tomorrow aft
ernoon, climbs the mountain on Saturday
and visits the Trout club on Sunday.
Professor Monroe's work during the
next week or ten days will be from Cam
els Hump (Couching Lion) to Lincoln
mountain. or from Montclair Glen (about
1-2 mile south OF Cancels Hump south
to Glen Ellen. Two high school principals
will assist him. He will put up at Birch
Glen cabin, two miles from Hanksville.
II he has the time and money ne will build
| shelter house. He wants to extend his
trail over Lincoln mountain toward Bread
loaf.
| The Rutland section is clearing out its
trail from killington mountain north to
Mt. Carmel and relocating part Of It,
Like the Burlington section II is measur-
ing its division of the trail. 1t will put UP
a shelter house upon Killington mountain
on July 4, made Of galvanized iron roof
Ing, built In circular form with diameter
OF II feet. The Green Mountain club gen.
orally Is considering the building Of a new
shelter house near Noyes pond between
killington peak and Mt. Carmel. The sec
ton plans to extend its trail down the
south slope Of Killington peak.
| The geological survey has completed its
work In the so-called Rochester quad
rangle and recently did some work on the
Waitsfeld quadrangle, which includes
Lincoln mountain.
The johnson section is planning to build
a trail over Sterling mountain.
The expenditure Of the $500 appropriated
by the Legislature Of 1912 toward a foot
bridge across the Winooski river at Bolton
Is still being agitated. The Green Noun
tain club hopes to obtain the rest Of the
funds needed, $1,000 say.