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AUTOMOBILE SERVICE

For Hikers on The Long Trail

CHRYSLER SEDAN-Special Rates

CHARLES W. OTIS

Member of The Green Mountain Club

Phone 82-2 MIDDLEBURY, VT.

The Middlebury Gap is the gateway to the Battell Forest, a superb stand largely of first growth timber which extends from Mt. Roosevelt on the north to White Rocks Mountain on the south and contains some 31,000 acres. This forest with Breadloaf Inn and a number of smaller detached tracts was bequeathed to Middlebury College by the late Col. Joseph Battell. One of the smaller tracts, detached from the main forest, and comprising over 4,000 acres extends along the ridge of Lincoln Mountain to the north from the Lincoln-Warren Pass to the northern slope of Mt. Ellen. A large detailed map in colors, showing the Battell Forest, the Battell Park and the numerous trails in the vicinity of Breadloaf Inn, may be obtained from Mr. J. J. Fritz, Forest Manager, Middlebury, Vt.

Middlebury Gap west to Breadloaf Inn, 2.6 miles (P. O., phone, supplies); stage twice daily to Middlebury (11 miles) on Rutland R. R. (See advs. for hotels). Guide books and Trail information at Middlebury Inn. Gap east to Hancock (6.5 mi.), whence there is a stage 4 mi. farther

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to Rochester. Autos can deliver passengers at Middlebury Gap from railroad points on either side of the Trail.

Middlebury is the seat of old Middlebury College, which has famous summer schools there, at Breadloaf Inn and at Bristol. It is a quiet, attractive town on the main line of railroad between Boston or New York, and Montreal. The Lake Pleiad Section of the G. M. C. maintains the Trail between the Brandon-Rochester Pass and Mt. Roosevelt. For further information, write Prof. R. H. White, Sec., Middlebury, Vt.

For an inspiring near view of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks a side trip may be made to Snake Mountain, 10 miles from Middlebury in the town of Addison. Fair auto road to summit where steel tower permits a view including sky line of a large portion of the Long Trail.

As the Long Trail continues north from Middlebury Gap, it soon begins to ascend a ridge. In about 1/2 mile at a sharp turn, a side trail leads to Silent Cliff and Cave, whence there is a striking view of Monastery Gap and the mountains to the south. About 1 1/2 miles farther on, the Long Trail leads to Burnt Hill Lookout, with a fine view to the west over the Ripton Basin. A short distance north of the Lookout, the Burnt Hill approach trail (blue blazes) diverges to Breadloaf Inn, three miles distant. This approach trail may be used by those who approach the Long Trail from Middlebury and Breadloaf Inn, and wish to go to Boyce Lodge and points north on the Trail. In another mile from the junction with the Burnt Hill Trail, the Long Trail reaches Boyce Lodge. A short distance before reaching Boyce Lodge,