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Trails on Mt. Mansfield" and large map in front of book). To reach the mountain from the east, turn north from U. S. Route No. 2 at Waterbury (Waterbury Inn) on Route No. 100 to Stowe (Green Mt. Inn), and there turn west on Route No. 108. This road runs directly thru Smuggler's Notch, passing the Toll House (lower end of Toll Road to hotel), The Lodge (a delightful summer resort), the trail to Bingham's Falls (1/8 mile to the right), Barnes Camp, where it meets the Long Trail, the Big Spring, cold, clear and pure, and the Smuggler's Caves, and it affords many striking views of the towering cliffs and great boulders in the notch. Continuing north it passes Morse's Mills and joins Route No. 15 at Jeffersonville (Smuggler's Notch Inn). The beauty and grandeur of the scenery along this road are unsurpassed anywhere in New England.

Seen from a distance, especially from the east, the outline of Mt. Mansfield resembles a man's face, turned to the sky, and its peaks are therefore named, from south to north, the Forehead, the Nose, the Chin and the Adam's Apple. The highest of these is the Chin (4393 ft.), the highest point in the State of Vermont. On the top of the Nose (4062 ft.) a concrete monument marks a point in the U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey's primary triangulation system. The Indians called the mountain Moze-o-de-be Wadso, Moosehead Mt., but the modern name was probably given it because it stood in the center of the old town of Mansfield, which was divided and annexed to Stowe and Underhill more than 70 years ago, the same authorities believe it was named for the English Lord Mansfield.

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Along Mansfield's bare and windswept summit, which the Long Trail follows for its whole length, are found glacial boulders, curiously stunted trees and rare alpine plants, while of more human interest is a cairn of stones called the Frenchman's Pile, that marks the spot where a traveler was killed by lightning many years ago. The views from both Nose and Chin are magnificent in extent and in varied beauty. North and south the billowing, wooded ranges of the Green Mts. stretch away to the far horizon, with such well known peaks as Killington, Lincoln, Camel's Hump, Belvidere and Jay easily recognizable. Northeast across the deep and rugged Smuggler's Notch lie the Sterling Mts., also named for an old town that long ago passed out of existence. To the east one looks down into the lovely Stowe valley and across to the Worcester Range, while beyond, in the far distance are the blue outlines of the White Mts. Westward is spread the broad and fertile Champlain Valley, with the blue, shining lake beyond and the sharp peaks of the Adirondacks against the sky, while on the northwestern horizon, a low hill, often hidden in a haze of smoke, is Mt. Royal at Montreal.

On the east side of the mountain, reached by a short side trail, is the Cave of the Winds, a deep, dark crevice in the ledges into which only the more adventurous descend. A thick bed of ice forms the floor of its lower chambers thruout the year. North of the Adam's Apple the tiny Lake of the Clouds nestles in a setting of dense forest, the highest body of water in Vermont. The hiker who spends several days exploring Mansfield and its vicinity will be amply repaid for his efforts, and he will find Taft Lodge, on