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has an auto and will meet parties at Bristol, eight miles, or at Hanksville, three miles.

Glen Ellen to Battell Lodge six hours; no reliable water. Under favorable conditions, water in Spinulose Fern Spring on northerly slope of Mt. Ellen, and Cutts Spring west of main trail, near Lincoln Peak. Fine view to the east over the Mad River Valley from Lincoln Peak. Views from (Malcolm Graeme) southerly part of Mt. Ellen and Mt. Abraham very fine. Mt. Ellen tree-clad to summit save rock called Malcolm Graeme. Mt. Abraham barren, rocky summit. Watch out for trail arrows getting off Mt. Abraham, to southeast.

Battell Lodge to Lincoln-Warren Pass, two hours. Battell Lodge, a new open-front shelter built of peeled logs; good water, simple cooking utensils. Old wagon road goes out to Lincoln Valley via farms of the Atkins Brothers. Hikers are advised to keep on south to Lincoln-Warren Pass (2 miles) and thence west 1.6 miles to Hen. Davis farm (meals and lodging) or, if going out east, four miles to Warren (auto at P. O., thence to Roxbury, C. V. R. R.). (Davis has team, no phone); thence to Lincoln, Bristol, and by auto (or bus) to New Haven Junction on Rutland R. R. Hikers are advised not to try any short-cut from Hen. Davis' to Battell Lodge because of confusing wood roads and lack of blazes.

Hen. Davis' (P. O. Lincoln) to Cooley Glen, seven hours. Magnificent hardwood forest about two miles south Lincoln-Warren Pass; untouched first growth spruce forest between Mt. Grant and Cooley Glen, one of the few in the East. Cooley Glen Lodge open built of peeled logs. Pole bunks, simple utensils,

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stove. Splendid water, 150 yards westerly. Watch out for hedgehogs.

Water scarce on this part of trail; in favorable conditions found in brooks near Big Birches, and in spring on north slope of Mt. Grant. Plenty of water south of Cooley Glen.

Cooley Glen to Breadloaf Glen (Emily Proctor Lodge on side trail) six hours, with many fine views, notably from Mt. Theodore Roosevelt, east and south, and from Mt. Woodrow Wilson, north, east and south. Peak of latter partly cleared by U. S. Geological Survey party.

The Long Trail passes down the south slope of Mt. Woodrow Wilson to the head of Breadloaf Glen, where Breadloaf Lodge is located on a small stream; thence westward to the peak of Breadloaf Mt. From the head of Breadloaf Glen, a side trail leads down to Emily Proctor Lodge and out to South Lincoln by way of Mr. Johnson's lumber road. From The Long Trail to Emily Proctor Lodge, about eight-tenths mile; from The Long Trail to South Lincoln, about five miles. This approach trail follows an excellent gravel-surfaced lumber road. Emily Proctor Lodge has a good stove, cooking utensils and pole bunks for twelve to fifteen persons. It is located at a water fall in a deep gorge on the head waters of the New Haven River.

Stores, post-office and telephones at South Lincoln.