Long Trail for Older Hikers: May 29, 2014 - Jay Peak Section - Rt. 242

Beautiful day for a hike. Completed the hike in 8 hours 31 minutes. Trail was in OK shape to the top of Jay Peak and down to where the trail reenters the woods. From the point where it enters the woods on the north side of Jay Peak to Vermont Route 115 there must have been 3 dozen blow-downs. There was also a huge amount of trash for the first couple of hundred yards from skiers this past ski season. This sections is a very difficult hike. At the last shelter, Shooting Star there was no signage telling hikers mileage to the next shelter or road crossing, it was also difficult to pick-up the LT from the shelter. This is not a section I would chose to hike again and already hiked to the top of Jay at least twice and also over to Big Jay for the 100 Highest Peak badge. We didn't meet another hiker on the trip.