The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-15
GREEN MOUNTAIN
THE MAGNET Or
NATURE LOVE rs
Authors Go Into Ecstasies Over
Beauties of Long Trail
NOBLE RANGE NEGLECTED
Sublime Sky Line of Group An
Appealing Invitation To
Explore Region

precious, Is ne lsOh5 lldHt loHuS'
by the Green Mountain club of Yer
mont The trail winds along the
ridges OF the high backbone OF the
state from the Massachusetts line as
far north as Johnson, which is about
80 miles, "as the crow flies" IRON
1.-The Canadian border. 1t Will not be
finished until it spans the hlterya
and sets the feet OF the roamer upon
the ultimate rock OF Jay Peak which
Hooks of to Lake Memphremagog ant
far into the Canadian wIds
The .ong TRAN has been labor OF
love- costing enthusiasts who hacked
their way through the under
brush and slash much wear and teal
of khaki and flannel several gross OF
shoes, incalculable nervous energy
and gallons OF citronella, says the
New York Times of Sunday
1t has been in the making Tor IL
wears. There is nothing Ike it else
where in New England The sole re
ward desired is appreciation by ma
ture lovers and mountaineers Wht
come from any point Of the compass
and from any distance to follow in the
footsteps of the pioneers. The Long
Trail is a standing invitat on to the
Green Mountains. Mainly it lies
through pricately owned Woodland
hut all the world is welconme, provld
cd II comes in a sympathetic sp ri'
and heeds the law OF the tran.
Noble SKY Line of Green Mountains
THE Green Mountains OF Vermont,
say the authors. have been sadly neg
llected. when is st.alse. as the ehtiio
range is within pla il sight OF the
imuch frequented Nnlte Mountain Ahd
4 Adirondack Mountain groups, aho
their noble SKY lne might wei nave
inspired excursions m.o Yrsin
mountain region
/ II may be doubted whether this
lament is justihed Tor there nave been
trails to the highest Green ionnta u
SUBMITS for more than generation
in fact the memory OF man doe MT
run to the time when Mansfield, Cam
els Hump and XII ington were not
! climbed. But it is true that the Green
Mountains, compared with the White
/ Hills and the Adrondacks, have been
inttle visited by tourists and holiday
/ seekers. Mount Washington Is the
magnet that has drawn myriads to
I the mountain he d immortalzed by
Thomas Starr King, and Marcy and
its peers in the wider Adirondack
group have exercised an irresistible
fascination.
6e7uties Of Their Own
The Green Mountains have beauties
of their own, and from the bare roaks
of Mansfield there j. ew tina, for
horizon and variety of forest ana water
surface historic association should
I be added-oannot be matched in the
White Mountains II may be true. as
the compilers Of The Long Trail say
that the mountain area Of Vermont
exceeds the combined areas of the
White, Adirondack ami Catski
Mountains" but they arc drawing
rather long bow when they suggest
that ''if Vermont could be pressed out
smooth its area would probably eX.
ceed that Of Texas There are five
counties in Southwestern Texas
Brawster, Preside, Jeff Davis. Culber.
son and III Pa5o that. taken together.
have a larger area than Vermont. and
bristle with rugged mountains. some
Iof them exceeding 5000 feet The sur
yeyors give Texas an area of 265 S96
square miles. The area of Vermont is
only 1854 square miles Still, we have
no doubt that in contour, symmetry
and richness of foliage the Green
Mountains are more beautiful than the
Guadalupe range of Gu berson or the
Chinati Mountains of Presidio.
1.-TWO Glorious Weeks"
With The Long Trail" in their
Iknapsacks men and women who want
to discover the Green Mountains for
themselves can spend two glorious
weeks in the woods, using North
Adams, Mass as a ba, g. II is wilder
ness . the way for the path lies re
mote from settlements. Often they
will find themselves on the sky line
for the ira makers had an eve for a
view. 1t via he remarkable if they do
not chance en- grazing deer or start
them up in the woods At high att
tudes where the slash is thick and
gorges are dark. bruin is sometimes
aeen, for instance in tie Sratton and
the kiIlington regions but he is a Inv
fellow. The trai. south of Camels
hump is camp ne proposition where
one must carry TODD blankets and
equipment though a few farmhouses
and one hotel near the trail offer ac.
commodation From Camels Humn
north one finds lodgings, and need
carry only lunche ~"
This little book prepared by the
guide book committee of the club C.
p. Cooper of Rutland, Dr. Louis J.
Paris of Burlington and Herbert w
Congdon Of New York. contains full
descriptions of the route in each sec.
tion with seryicoable maps. Useful
advice is given about equipment. Re
fuge huts arc indicated. There is a