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