Division IV

NOTCH (MAD TOM) 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 3/4 mile to the top of Peru Peak (sometimes called Mount Tabor).

From Peru Peak the Trail descends 1.4 miles to Griffith Lake 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 front of the shelter. Notch (Mad Tom) Shelter to Griffith Lake Shelter, 4 1/2 miles, 3 hours (southbound, 3 hours).

From Griffith Lake Shelter the Trail descends .7 mile to Lake Griffith (Buffum Pond), crossing Roaring Branch at a point about 1/4 mile east of the lake.

All this territory is included in the Green Mountain 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 3/4 mile to Roaring Branch, which it crosses and then follows down the old logging road on the east side of the brook, 3 3/4 miles to Old Job Shelter, open front with bunks and fireplace outside, located in a large deserted clearing where once was a prosperous lumbering village called Griffith, for its owner, a prominent lumberman of Danby. The remains of the mill, houses and charcoal kilns may still be seen. Griffith Lake Shelter to Old Job Shelter, 5.2 miles, 2 3/4 hours (southbound, 3 1/4 hours).

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lows down the old logging road on the east side of the brook, 3% miles t.o Old Job Shelter, open fr ont with bunks and fireplace outside, located in a large deserted clearing where once was a prosper- ous lumbering village called Griffith, for its owner, a prominent lumberman of Danby. The remains of the mill, houses and charcoal kilns may still be seen. Griffith Lake Shelter to Old Job Shelter, 5.2 miles, 2% hours (southbound, 374 hours).

Passing down through the clearing 1.2 miles along the old highway, The Long Trail crosses Big Branch, turns north and in .4 mile enters a highway which it follows west about 1 mile. Here it leaves the road and, crossing Black Branch, turns north 2 miles, most of the way besides a small brook, to the lovely Little Rock Pond, with its precipitous ledges along the shore.

The Trail runs along the west shore of the Pond. The U. S. Forest Service has built Little Rock Pond Shelter, of logs, with an outside fireplace, on a small island at the northwest end of the Pond. The island is reached by a foot-bridge from the mainland. A side trail has been built around the Pond on the east, leaving The Long Trail at the southeast corner and rejoining it at the northeast corner. Old Job Shelter to Little Rock Pond Shelter, 5 miles, 2 3/4 hours (southbound, 2 1/2 hours).

Here a side trail leads to the left down to South Wallingford, 3 miles, while The Long Trail leads to the right, northeasterly, 1 mile to the "Aldrich Job," now in ruins. Just beyond, it crosses the brook and then crosses the old abandoned South Wallingford-Wallingford Pond Road, swings north and then northwest as it climbs the southerly ridge of White Rocks Mountain, and continues on the ridge some 2 miles to the brink of the great cliff. Here the hiker beholds a wide panorama of the Otter Creek Valley and the hills and mountains beyond. The north end of these cliffs is one of the few points from which can be seen all six of the