Division IV

MAD TOM (NOTCH) SHELTER TO WALLINGFORD-EAST WALLINGFORD ROAD

The Trail passing north in a stiff climb of 1 1/2 miles brings one to the top of Styles Peak, at an elevation of 3,404 feet. From here there is an outlook in nearly every direction. Then, continuing northward, the Trail drops down a mile into a saddle and up another mile to the top of Peru Peak (sometimes called Mount Tabor).

From Peru Peak the Trail descends 1 1/4 miles to the U. S. F. S. Shelter, located about 100 feet south of the Trail. This shelter is built of logs and has an outside fireplace; water in the small brook just in back of the shelter. Mad Tom (Notch) Shelter to U. S. F. S. Shelter, 4 1/2 miles; time, about 4 hours (southbound, about the same).

From the U. S. F. S. Shelter the Trail descends 1 mile to Lake Griffith (Buffum Pond), crossing Roaring Branch at a point about 1/4 mile east of the lake.

All this territory will be included in the new National Forest.

The Trail skirts the east shore of the lake to the north end, where several trails meet. Notice the signs. A side trail leads around the lake to a barn and the old Griffith Lake House, now falling to ruin, on the west shore. Beyond, south of the house, is a spring. North of the barn an approach trail leads westerly down the mountain to Danby, 5 miles. In case of emergency shelter may be found in the barn. At the north end of the lake again, a trail leads easterly down to "Long Hole," a long, marshy deadwater on Roaring Brook. From the same junction of trails The Long Trail runs north over high ground, dropping in about a mile to Roaring Branch, which it crosses and then fol-

MAD TOM (NOTCH) SHELTER

PARKER CAMP

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