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The Long Trail, a 272-mile (438-km) hiking trail running the length of Vermont, traverses Smugglers' Notch. The trail down from the summit of Mt. Mansfield to the east reaches the road south of the height of the pass, and resumes across Route 108 at the Barnes Camp Visitor Center, climbing east to the summit of Madonna Peak.
Smugglers' Notch State Park is a Vermont state park near Stowe in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.The park is at an elevation of 2,119 feet (646 m) [1] near Mount Mansfield, and is named for Smugglers Notch, which separates Mount Mansfield—the highest peak of the Green Mountains—from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range.
Smugglers' Notch Resort is a ski resort area in the town of Cambridge, Vermont, United States, located near the village of Jeffersonville. Its vertical drop of 2,610 feet (800 m) is the fourth largest in New England and the third largest in Vermont . [ 2 ]
There are also cross country ski trails around the base of the mountain and on its lower slopes. The Bruce Trail descends the east side of the mountain while the Teardrop Trail descends west side. In addition to Stowe Mountain resort, Skiing is also available at the nearby Smugglers' Notch Resort.
The West section features many hiking trails, including the Shrewsbury Peak Trail, Tinker Brook Trail, Bucklin Trail and portions of the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail. [1] [4] There are trails for snowmobiling and cross-country skiing, as well as snowshoeing. Hunting, fishing and trapping occurs in this section.
Vermont Route 108 (VT 108) is a north–south state highway in northern Vermont, United States.Its southern terminus is at VT 100 in Stowe, and its northern terminus is at the Canada–US border in Franklin, where it continues into Quebec past the West Berkshire–Frelighsburg Border Crossing as Route 237.
The Long Trail (which coincides with the Appalachian Trail in this region) crosses a portion of the wilderness from Griffith Lake at its eastern boundary to Ten Kilns Brook at its northern edge. The wilderness is traversed by several other hiking trails including the Griffith Lake Trail, Lake Trail, Baker Peak Trail, and the Old Job Trail. [5]
The Joseph Battell Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont.The wilderness area, created by the New England Wilderness Act of 2006, [1] is named in honor of Joseph Battell (1839–1915), a philanthropist and environmentalist from Middlebury, Vermont.