The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-29
JAY PEAK NEGLECTED
Vermont's Most Northern Mountain
Above 4ooO Feet

Above 1000 Feet
Neglected. IS the description CIV
en- Jay peak by Secretary Taylor of
the Green Mountain Club, and the
word fits tho situation altogether too
well. Jay peak is a Landmark for al!
northern Vermont from St Adams to
Newport and south 1t is the fourth
highest peak in Vermont. The view
from its summit is surpassed by the
view from no other eminence in New
England In many respects, And yet
thousands of people who have lived
within sight of the wonderful noun
tain have never been to It's top.
II has been suggested that the peo-
ple OF Orleans and Franklin counties
have Jay peak day early this sum
mer and learn something Of this land
mark and the wonder OF the view
from its top. Make the day pic
mic party'and those who do not care
to undertake the jaunt may remain In
the pleasant pastures at the foot, or
by the springs along the trail whie
those who can make strenuous hike
would find pleasure and profit In
going to the top.
Within the past few years nearly
a mile extra tramp is required BE-
cause a few rods road has become
impossible. With a few hours work
and a little material automobiles
could comfortably run to the very
foot OF the mountain trail which is
about two miles from the beginning to
the top. About half way up is a
wonderful cold spring with plenty OF
splendid water at all times. Near the
top the trail becomes a jumble OF
broken rocks over which one must
climb with care, but once at the top
the scene is never to be forgotten.
From Jay peak one views Memnh
remagog, Champlain, WilloughDy'
Crystal. Gasp an and Seymour lakes,
several Franklin county bodies of wa
ter with which the writer is not famil
lar, many rivers and stream the
White and Adirondack mountains and
most wonderful panorama of Green
mountains entirely different from the
view further south in the state be
cause of the fact that Jay Peak Is on
the western branch Of the Y of the
Green mountains, while all other Yer
mont peaks of which we hear are on
the tail OF the Y.
Vermont mountains are coming in.
to prominence a. will be seen from an
article published elsewhere in this
issue emitted, "The Long Trail.
This article mentions the fact that the
trail, which now traverses the sky
line of the Green mountains from the
Massachusetts border to a point in
Johnson, should be extended to Jay
Peak ana the Canadian border The
trail is tramped each season by enthu.
siastic, city hikers, many of whom are
neople of note. Without exception
they all go home extolling the wonders
of Vermont scenery.
The extension of this trail and its
further development is one of the
plans for a greater development OF
Vermont as vacation center 1t IS
a feature which requires little out
lay but which Is large in its possibili'
tiee of attracting visitors Hiking has
come to be one of the popular sports
of the day and the Green Mountain
trail affords one of the finest places
for real hiking the nation offers,
With its completion to Jay Peak
the Green mountain trail would be
come even more famous for its north.
ern terminus would invite Montreal
vacationists TO start the tramp from
this end, and the terminus here would
mean much to North Troy and ada
cent territory.
Let us have Jay Peak day, Let
us know our own scenery. Let us
talk over tho proposition Of bringing
"The Long Trail to Jay Peak,
Let us not leave Jay Peak neglect
ed ionger-Newport Palladium and
News.