Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-15
WILL BUILD LODGE ON
MOUNT MANSFIELD
Gift of Elihu B. Taft of This
City, to Be Located Under
the Chin of VermOnt's Highest
Peak, Will Accommodate 20
People

In connection with the annual meeting
OF the Green Mountain club. held at Rut-
land yesterday, at which announcement
was made that Elihu r. Taft of this
city proposed to build and present to the
Green Mountain club a lodge on Mount
Mansfield, more details of this gift to
the club and the working out of a new
system of trails on Mount Mansfield
were yesterday made public through the
Burlington section of the Green Noun
tain club of which Mr.. Taft is president.
This lodge. which Mr.. Taft proposes
TO build at a cost not to exceed $500. will
be known az the Elihu 3. Taft lodge and
will be located up under the chin of
Mount Mansfield. near the old foresters'
trail. in such a position as to make a
suitable stopping place for travellers in
this most scenic section of the Green
Mountain range. The work of building
the lodge will begin as early as possible
this spring, probably by the middle OF
May. by Willis n. Barnes. proprietor Of
the Barnes camp in Smugglers' Notch.
1t is expected that the lodge will be ready
for use by the first of July. if not earlier,
Present plans are to build so that the
lodge will provide camp accommodations
for about 90 people.
For some time, the Burlington section
or the Green Mountain club has been
planning to develop several new trails
and open up that section of the Green
Mountains which includes the Lake of
the Clouds, the Cave of the Winds. and
other beauty spots Of Mount Mansfield.
the widest and most picturesque scenery
TO be found anywhere in Vermont, If not
In New England. In the past. this part
of the Green Mountains has been ac-
cessible only to a few, owing to the fact
that there have been no trails through
there which the average mountain
climber wanted to tackle. The noun
tain slopes off very precipitously from
the chin down to the Lake of the Clouds,
and the common way to get to this beau
tiful little lake has been TO go all the
way to the hotel, then out over the ridge
to the chin and by a circuitous route
down over the chin to the lake.
With the new development of trails. it
is planned to open up a passable route
directly from ~Smugelers' Notch to the
chin. including the Lake of the Clouds.
and other points of interest. The cave
of the Winds and the Lake of the Clouds
will be connected, also. by a direct trail,
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