30 DIVISION III
climb. But watch your step as the ladder is somewhat shaky. The Trail runs from here north and northeast 2 1/2 miles down to the abandoned Peru-East Dorset Road, on the north side of which is the Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter, open front with stove and bunks for 8 or 10. Distance from Bromley Lodge, 5 1/2 miles; time, 5 hours (southbound, about the same).
The Long Trail is described from south to north. Read up from the bottom of the page.
DIVISION III
Arlington-Wardsboro Road to Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter
| Arlington-Wardsboro Road to Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter | Elevation | Dist. from Mass. Line | Dist. from Canada Line | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- | --------------------- | ---------------------- | | Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter (1934) Abandoned East Dorset-Peru Road | 2400 | 58.4 | 202.8 | | Bromley Mt. | 3260 | 55.6 | 205.6 | | Bromley Lodge (1933) | | 52.9 | 208.3 | | Manchester-Peru Turnpike. Vt. Route No. 11. Manchester, 6 mi.; Peru, 4 mi.; Oliver LaChance, Food, Lodgings and Mail, a short distance east | 1900 | 52.3 | 208.9 | | Manchester-Bondville Road | 1950 | 51.6 | 209.6 | | Prospect Rock Fine view into Downer Glen, Battenkill Valley and up Dorset Valley | 2000 | 47.1 | 214.1 | | Swezey Camp (1935) | 2220 | 46.1 | 215.1 | | Bourn Pond | 2510 | 43.0 | 218.2 | | Willis Ross Shelter (1934) On north shore side trail | 2470 | | | | Willis Ross Camp (1929) Stratton Pond | 2470 | 40.2 | 221.0 | | DuFresne Job Abandoned Lumber Camp | 2600 | 39.2 | 222.0 | | Stratton Mt. Summit; Tower; Forester's Cabin Cabin | 3839 | 37.2 | 224.0 | | Webster Shelter (1926) | 2300 | 34.5 | 226.9 | | Webster Marker | 2300 | 33.0 | 228.9 | | Grout Job | 2200 | 31.8 | 229.4 | | Arlington-Wardsboro Road at Black Brook | 2275 | 30.8 | 230.4 |
Arlington-Wardsboro Road to Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter
map: A topographic map of the Long Trail area, showing features like Mt. Eolus, Bromley Mt., and various camps and shelters.
31
Illustration
Machine-read from the 1935 scan. Text is the OCR’d original, unedited — including its age and its typos.
