Papa Bear
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I am planning some peak bagging this spring of some off-the-beaten-path prominent peaks in northern Vermont. There are five and they are all 3000 footers, they all have (or nearly have) 2000' of prominence and they are all away from the Long Trail.
What that means is that they should be good hikes with hopefully good views and should be relatively uncrowded. I know when I did Grass in southern Vermont (from the same list), it was a great hike and practically no one (except curiously 6 or 7 VFTTers) had ever done it.
What I'm interested is route suggestions, available maps, points of interest (any fire towers) and any other infomation that some of you folks will know. I just know a few of you have done these (since they are on the 3K list and the Fifty Finest list). Except for Worcester, which has been ocasionally discussed here, I know next to nothing about these peaks.
Here goes:
Worcester: elevation 3642', prominence 2472', DeLorme Atlas page 46, Worcester map.
East: elevation 3438', prominence 2227', DeLorme Atlas page 49, East map.
Cold Hollow: elevation 3327', prominence 2165', DeLorme Atlas page 52, Cold Hollow map.
Signal: elevation 3360', prominence 2140', DeLorme Atlas page 41, Signal map.
Gore: elevation 3332', prominence 1994', DeLorme Atlas page 55, Gore map.
Any and all information would be welcome, especially hiking route suggestions, but also including driving directions, cheap area motels, campgrounds, pubs, etc. Also which ones might be combined in a single day. You get the idea.
Pb
What that means is that they should be good hikes with hopefully good views and should be relatively uncrowded. I know when I did Grass in southern Vermont (from the same list), it was a great hike and practically no one (except curiously 6 or 7 VFTTers) had ever done it.
What I'm interested is route suggestions, available maps, points of interest (any fire towers) and any other infomation that some of you folks will know. I just know a few of you have done these (since they are on the 3K list and the Fifty Finest list). Except for Worcester, which has been ocasionally discussed here, I know next to nothing about these peaks.
Here goes:
Worcester: elevation 3642', prominence 2472', DeLorme Atlas page 46, Worcester map.
East: elevation 3438', prominence 2227', DeLorme Atlas page 49, East map.
Cold Hollow: elevation 3327', prominence 2165', DeLorme Atlas page 52, Cold Hollow map.
Signal: elevation 3360', prominence 2140', DeLorme Atlas page 41, Signal map.
Gore: elevation 3332', prominence 1994', DeLorme Atlas page 55, Gore map.
Any and all information would be welcome, especially hiking route suggestions, but also including driving directions, cheap area motels, campgrounds, pubs, etc. Also which ones might be combined in a single day. You get the idea.
Pb
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