DIVISION VI

52 DIVISION VI pond. The pond is a lovely little mountain lake with some trout. Near the lodge is a fine spring. A rather steep approach trail leads west to the Chittenden-Pittsfield road near the south end of the Chittenden Reservoir. Sherburne Pass to Noyes Pond Lodge, 6 mi.; time, 5 to 6 hr. (Southbound about the same). From Noyes Pond, the Trail now keeps to the west side of the ridge with some fine views of Chittenden Reservoir. About half way to Mt. Carmel, the Trail crosses a deserted and overgrown highway located east and west through a gap in the hills. On a side trail to the right is little North Pond, a gem in a setting of majestic forest and overhung by cliffs. An approach trail blue blazes on the left leads west to Carmel Camp, "New Boston" and thence by automobile highway to Chittenden, 5 mi. away. Carmel Camp, a steel closed shelter, with good stove and bunks for 12, is about five minutes walk from The Long Trail. There is good water nearby. Noyes Pond Lodge to Carmel Camp, 6 mi.; time, 6 hr. (Southbound, about the same). Near the point where the approach trail leads down to Carmel Camp, a side trail on the right, steep but well worth the few minutes scramble, leads to the top of Mt. Carmel with a steel tower, fine southern panorama and views of the Adirondacks to the west and the White Mountains to the east. Leaving Carmel Junction, The Long Trail dips steeply into Wetmore Gap after passing through an old clearing grown up to bushes (watch carefully for blazes) and thence to the shoulder of Bloodroot Mt., where it passes over to the east side of the ridge. Blazed trees have been left DIVISION VI 53 standing in a new clearing here. North through Bloodroot Pass by a gradual descent through fine hardwood forest, the Trail leads out to a clearing and ruined lumber camp about 6 mi. from Carmel Camp and 1.5 mi. from Sunrise Camps. From this point, the Trail follows a good lumber road to Sunrise Camps. The old open-front camp affords some shelter and the new steel closed camp affords excellent accommodations for 10 or 12. Nearby is a beautiful mountain brook. Carmel Camp to Sunrise Camps, 7 1/2 mi.; time about 7 hr. (Southbound, about 8 hr.). From Sunrise Camps the Trail follows the lumber road about 1 mi. to the Brandon-Rochester highway, Vt. Route No. 115. Brandon, on Rutland R. R. (Brandon Inn, inside back cover), pop. 2900, 9 mi.; J. S. Hooker, meals and lodging, 2 mi. west on main highway near Goshen Four Corners. Rochester, 10 mi. east (White River Valley Inn); pop., 1400. Auto stages between Rutland and Brandon on the west and Rochester on the east afford convenient access to this point on the Trail. The Du Val Trail For those wishing a scenic hikers' approach to The Long Trail from Brandon, there are the Du Val approach trails. See map, pages 54 and 55. These two trails de luxe start three miles out of Brandon at the Watters Farm. The first follows grassy fields, ascends beside rushing brooks, around rugged cliffs, about 3 miles to an unused road; it then follows north on this road a short distance and soon crosses an open field to the ravine, up which it climbs to meet The Long Trail at the top of the Pass. The second, leaving

pond. The pond' is a lovely little mountain lake with some trout. Near the lodge is a fine spring. A rather steep approach trail leads west to the Chittenden-Pittsfield road near the south end of the Chittenden Reservoir. Sherburne Pass to Noyes Pond Lodge, 6 mi; time, 5 to 6 hr. (South- bound about the same).

standing in a new clearing here. North through Bloodroot Pass by a gradual descent through fine hardwood forest, the Trail leads out to a clear- ing and ruined lumber camp about 6 mi. from Carmel Camp and 1.5 mi. from Sunrise Camps. From this point, the Trail follows a good lum- ber road to Sunrise Camps. The old open-front camp affords some shelter and the new steel closed camp affords excellent accommodations for 10 or 12. Nearby is a beautiful mountain brook. Carmel Camp to Sunrise Camps, 71h mi.; time about 7 hr. (Southbound, about 8 hr.).

From Noyes Pond, the Trail now keeps to the west side of the ridge with some fine views of Chittenden Reservoir. About half way to Mt. Carmel, the Trail crosses a deserted and over- grown highway located east and west through a gap in the hills. On a side trail to the right is little North Pond, a gem in a setting of majestic forest and overhung by cliffs. An approach trail blue blazes on the left leads west to Carmel Camp, "New Boston" and thence by automobile highway to Chittenden, 5 mi. away. Carmel Camp, a steel closed shelter, with good stove and bunks for 12, is about five minutes walk from The Long Trail. There is good water nearby. Noyes Pond Lodge to Carmel Camp, 6 mi.; time, 6 hr. (Southbound, about the same).

From Sunrise Camps the Trail follows the lum- ber road about 1 mi. to the Brandon-Rochester highway, Vt. Route No. 115.

Brandon, on Rutland R. R. (Brandon Inn, in- side back cover), pop. 2900, 9 mi.; J. S. Hooker, meals and lodging, 2 mi. west on main highway near Goshen Four Comers. Rochester, 10 mi. east (White River Valley Inn); pop., 1400. Auto stages between Rutland and Brandon on the west and Rochester on the east afford convenient ac- cess to this point on the Trail.

Near the point where the approach trail leads down to Carmel Camp, a side trail on the right, steep but well worth the few minutes scramble, leads to the top of Mt. Carmel with a steel tow- er, fine southern panorama and views of the Adi- rondacks to the west and the White Mountains to the east.

These two trails de luxe start three miles out of Brandon at the Watters Farm. The first fol- lows grassy fields, ascends beside rushing brooks, around rugged cliffs, about 3 miles to an unused road; it then follows north on this road a short distance and soon crosses an open field to the ravine, up which it climbs to meet The Long Trail at the top of the Pass. The second, leaving

Leaving Carmel Junction, The Long Trail dips steeply into Wetmore Gap after passing through an old clearing grown up to bushes (watch care- fully for blazes) and thence to the shoulder of .Bloodroot Mt., where it passes over to the east side of the ridge. Blazed trees have been left