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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Trapps - Mountain Biking

Nice Fall day biking at Trapps. They have a pretty large network of trails. Some are the x-country skiing trails, some are bike trails, and it connects to other bike trails. The trails vary from dirt roads in the woods to technical bike trails. I was there for 6 hours and covered about 3/4 of the trails.
I started with a wide loop and it seems like I went the right way around the loop:
Outdoor center-> Luce-> HaulRoad->Adams Camp->Stowe Derby->Kimmers->Ranch Camp->Cabin. This was the right direction for Kimmers which is a nice single track.
From the cabin I went down Growler which is a new trail. Interesting features and going down it was the right way. After that I went up Old Country road to the Luce Hill area. The Luce Hill area has an easier loop with a single track that crosses it in a number of places. I went on the single track, the loop, and then also up to the chapel. I also went on Chris's run and sugar road. These are both roads with grass and a track. Nice area.
At the end of the day I went to the other side of the road to Greenway loop and stepping stone. These were both nice trails on the easy side. Nice at the end of the day and you could comfortably cruise on them. Greenway goes to the brewery which I rode by.








Growler
















Greenway Loop











Thursday, September 27, 2018

Camels Hump Again

How can you make Camels Hump interesting? After going up it hundreds of times it isn't easy. This time I did a half loop. Up Forest City and around to Monroe trail. Up Monroe to LT North cutoff at intersection with plane trail. About 1.2 miles to connect to LT North. Then took LT South to top of Camels Hump. Nice loop around half of the mountain. A lot of small streams and very few people except for Monroe trail and the short walk to the top from the clearing.

Sunrise in South Burlington





Strange red algae/growth attached to rock in stream. 








Cutover trail from Monroe to LT North

Camels Hump from a different angle