Spotted the car in the lower parking lot at Camels Hump/Monroe Trail parking lot. Drove over to Hedgehog Trail head and started hiking. Doing the Hedgehog Trail in reverse since we had done it two weeks before coming down from the LT. By the time we reached Burnt Rock summit we had only seen four other hikers. They were going only to Burnt Rock. Saw a huge Garter snake on Burnt Rock. Took a quick break and head over to Mount Ira Allen. The book mentions the Paris Skidway which is no long visible. Stopped for a quick rest and on to Mount Ethan Allen. Met four hikers on this section, usually we never meet anyone on this section of the LT. We had lunch on the south peak of Mount Ira Allen. The book states it's only .10 miles to the north peak but my GPS disagreed, it stated .30 mile. Head down the summit to the Dean Trail. We have been the maintainer of this trail for at least 25 years. Didn't see anyone on the Dean Trail but the Monroe Trail busy. Most of the parking lot was filled with out-of-state cars. Another safe hike. The weather was cool on the summits and partly cloudy.
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| Interesting ascent to Burnt Rock |
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| From Burnt Rock, we are heading for the col between Camel's Hump (most distant) and the 2nd most distant. Better get going! |
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| This was the biggest snake on a mountain I had ever seen in my life - right on top of Burnt Rock. Several weeks after this hike, I was speaking to my elderly aunt who used to hike in this area, and she told me she had seen the biggest snake she'd ever seen on Burnt Rock, too, when she had been young - about 70 years ago. I wonder if they were related. |
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| Cave landmark along the way |
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| View from Mt. Ethan Allen |
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| Sweet little scramble section I'd forgotten about when we'd hiked this years ago. |
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| View of Camel's Hump (background) and rocky south ridge. |
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