The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-09
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING m APRIL
Cambridge Men Encountered Much
Snow During Trip N Vermont.


A new record in New England
mountaineering has been established
Few among the most aren't mouu
tain trmpers, 10 matter low insist
cnt the caii OF spripg, you'd think Of
setting out for t. weeks camping
tramp along the crest of the Green
Mountains in mid-April. Two Gam
, btidgeA mon. however, undertook the
I trip, and, although snow c0ndition1s
oil the melhtains prevented the carry
ing ont, OF their original programme
t7sy stayed out the six days ana
managed to climO the twOg biggest
mountains In the range,
What they hoped 70 accomplish was
q fast tFip.frOm KMingtoH TO John.
son, point a who days march
north OF Mt Mansfield. Evidently
hoping that most OF the snow would
be gone they decided not to bother
with snowshoes but Iley fcuuc that
up on the heights April snow IL not
the dry and powdery stnff of Jalu-
airy. Leaving Rutland late in tie af.
ternoon they headed for the summit
of Kilhngton and the Green Noun.
tain clubs Shelter where they expect
ed to camp that n ight Onca well uD
on the mountain snow three feet deem
was encountered yAieh slowed them
down so that night overlook them
short-of the cabin. They bunked down
among the balsams OH the trail. and
evidently slept well for a snowstorm
that came on N the night failed to
disturb them
IN spite of the continuing snowfall
the travellers pushed ahead to the
summit and took up the Long Trail
along the crest northward toward
Pico. Everywhere there was deep
snow and all signs OF the trai, so
conspicuously clear in summer, 'gd
disappeared. Beyond Pico it was de-.
cided TO abandon further effort to
keep the trail, and bearing easterly
they dropped off INTO the valley.
where, at nightfall. an abandoned
schoolhouse gave them shelter. Next
day they crossed to range to the
western side. by one OF the main
passes heading for Goshen -Four.
Corners. whence a cache of rations
had been sent by parcel post, 1t had
become clear that the ridge route over
Carmel, Breadloaf. and the Lincoln
all skytlieb country would not he
feasible, by they we're not discourse.
ed, Three or four days still remain
ed for them, one OF which they deyut.
ed to a rail journey northward to Bur
lington and thence to the north side
OF Cancels Hump in the Winooskl
Valley, with the determination to
tackle Mt. Mansfield as a final effort
II was all but supper time when
they took the trail up Bolton noun.
tain beyond which Mansfield lies. Az
ter sloshing knee deep through snow
aud water one of the G. VI. c. open
camps was reached shortly after
dark. Next morning they slipped, slid
and ploughed down the north side OF
Bolton into Nebraska Notch, in sons
respects the worst day OF all But once
down The cheerful hospitality of the
Lake Mansfield Trout club await a
them, an experience that every onc
trailer looks forward to with enthus
iasm. The trampers set out next
morning for the top of Mansfield
This time fortune favored their per
severance, and they made the ascent
easily on a crust that would ''1'd ~
ter spending the day and that night
ct the summit the descent was made
to the stowe side where railroad
connection was made for home.-Bos
ton Transcript.