The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-15
VermontS Long Trail
Beck0ns Nature Lovers

precious, is The Long Trail issued b
the Green Mountain Club of Vermont
The trail winds along the ridges of tn
high backbone of the state from tn
Massachusetts, line as far north a
johnson, which j. about thirty miles
as the crow hies,' from the Canada
border 1t will not be finished until
spans the interval and sets the feet
the roamer upon the ultimate rock
Jay Peak, which looks off to LAX
Memphremagog and far into the Cana
dian wilds.
The Long Trail has been labor
love, costing the enthusiasts VIII
hacked their way through the unde
brush and slash much wear and tea
OF Khaki and flannel, several gross
shoes, lncalculable nervous energy an
gallons of citronella. 1t has been
the making for ten years. There I
nothing like it elsewhere in New ling
land The sole reward desired Is appTe
citation by nature lovers and mountain
eers-who come from any point OF tn
compass, and from any distance, to tol
low in the footsteps OF the pioneers
I he Long Trail is a standing invita-
tIon to the Green Mountains. Mainl
it lies through privately owned wood
land but all the world is welcome, pro
and heeds the law of the trail.
The Green Mountains of Vermont
say the authors, have been sadly neg
Iected -, which Is strange, as the entlr
range IS within plain sight OF tn
much frequented White mountain an
Adirondack groups, and their noble SIX
line might we'll have inspired excursion
into Il virgin mountain region. IL ma
lie doubted whether this lament Is Jus
titled, for there have been trails to tn
highest Green mountain SUBMITS 10
more than Il generations; IN tact, IN
memory of man does not run TO IN
time when Mansfield, Camel 5 Hum1
and KillingtOn were not climbed. But l
is true that the Green mountains, com
pared with the White hills and tn
Aridondacks, have been little visited
tourists and holiday seekers. Noun
Washington is the magnet that ha
drawn myriads to the mountain hel
immortalized by Thomas starr Ming
and Marcy and its peers IN the Wide
Adirondack group have exercised an IT
resistible fascination. The Green noun
tains have beauties OF their own, an
from the bare peaks OF Mansfield tner
Is a view that for horizon and varIet
Of forest and water surface-hlstorl
associations should be added-cannot
matched in the White mountains.
NAV be true, as the compilers of In
Long Trail say, that the mountain are
of Vermont exceeds the combine
areas of the White, Adirondack an
Catskill mountains, but they are draw
Ing rather a long bow when they sug
oeSt that If Vermont could be presse
ont smooth its area would probably e&
coed that of Texas. There are nv
counties in Southwestern IeNaS-BreW
ster. Preside, JEFF Davis, Culberson an
FL Paso-that, taken together, nave
larger area than ermont' ana oFiaIt
with rugged mountains, some OF Jhel
exceeding 5000 feet. The surveyors CIV
-Texas an area Of 265,S 96 square miles
The area of Vermont Is only 30
square miles. Still, we have no doub
that in contour. symmetry and rchnes
of foliage the Green mountains are NOR
beautiful than the Guadalupe range
Culherson or the Chinati mountains
PresidiO
With The Long Trail in their KNAPP
sacks men and women who want I
discover the Green mountains TO
themselves can spend two glOrlou
weeks in the woods, using North Al
ans. Mass. as a base. 1t Is wilderness
all the way. for the path lies remote
from settlements. Often they VIII hnd
themselves on the sky lIne' Tor the gan iI1
makers had an eye for view. 1t VIII
be remarkable if they do not chance on
grazing doe or start them up IN th9I
woods. At high attitudes, where the
slash is thick and goTges are dark, Drum
is sometimes seen, for instance IN tn
he is shy fellow. The troll south o
Camels Hump is a camping PROPOSE
ton where one must carry food, blan
Sets and equipment, though lie
farmhouses and one hotel near the tral
offer accommodation. From Camel
Hump north one finds lodgings, an
need carry only lunches
This little book, prepared by, tn
Guide Book committee of the club, {
p Cooper of Rutland, DIR. Louis j..
Paris of Burlington and Herbert, "
Congdon of New York, contains full de-
scriptions of the route in each section,
with serviceable maps. 80
Useful advice is given about equip
ment. Refuge huts are indicated.
There is a set of camp rules winch the
wise will never ignore. Side trails to
Doints of interest are included. Some
history and tradition are thrown IN.
The Long Trail is well marked through
ont with red disks and arrows. he
Green Mountain club say the authors,
"pxists to bring the people to the Green
mountains and to make the Green
mountains accessible to the people.
To follow the trail, which is sometimes
rough and steep, good lungs and stam-
ina are required. 1t Is no undertaking
for weaklings. The. Green Mountains
are not likely to be overcroWded.-NeW
York Times, June y.