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Mt Mansfield

Mt. Mansfield, September 2010

I went up the Hell Brook trail, wandered along the ridge, and returned down the Profanity and Long trails.
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you should see an image here Hell Brook.
you should see an image here Nearing the top of the trail, a view toward Spruce Peak. It's a little too early for fall colors.
you should see an image here Spotted Tussock Moth (Lophocampa maculata) caterpillar.
you should see an image here Quartz intrusion in the schist on the Adam's Apple.
you should see an image here Lake of the Clouds seen from the Adam's Apple.
you should see an image here The Chin seen from the Adam's Apple.
you should see an image here Hikers on the summit.
you should see an image here Interesting stratigraphy on un-named peaks north of the summit.
you should see an image here Hikers on Sunset Ridge.
you should see an image here More of Sunset Ridge.
you should see an image here View south along the summit ridge, to the Nose. Camel's Hump barely visible in the distance.
you should see an image here Hiker resting on the ridge above Cliff House.
you should see an image here More hikers resting on the ridge.
you should see an image here That's Lake Champlain shining in the background.
you should see an image here View north to the summit from about halfway down the ridge.
you should see an image here Trail approaching the Nose.
you should see an image here The parking lot under the Nose.
you should see an image here A view to the southeast - hints of fall color.
you should see an image here Looking up at the Nose from the parking lot.
you should see an image here An aster (Symphyotrichum patens, I think) at the base of the Nose.
you should see an image here The Nose is occupied by Vermont Public Television. Lots of signs like these.
you should see an image here View north from the Nose, showing the summit (Chin) and the Adam's Apple.
you should see an image here View northwesterly from the Nose.
you should see an image here View west from the Nose.
you should see an image here View southeast from the Nose toward the Worcester Mountains.
you should see an image here Transmission towers on the Nose. Camel's Hump in the distance between them.
you should see an image here Another view toward the Chin from the Nose.
you should see an image here View south down the spine of the Green Mountains, centered between transmission towers on the Nose.
you should see an image here More asters below the Nose.
you should see an image here View back south to the Nose as I return northward along the ridge.
you should see an image here One last view of Sunset Ridge.
you should see an image here One last view of the summit (and the upper part of Sunset Ridge).
you should see an image here View west from near the summit.
you should see an image here Last view south along the ridge.
you should see an image here Hikers on the ridge.
you should see an image here Beginning the descent of the Profanity Trail.
you should see an image here Late-blooming Canadian dogwood (Cornus canadensis) by the trail.