Burlington: Mount Mansfield via Sunset Ridge

MMT01

Dist: 2.41 mi	Points: 232	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

MMT001

Location: 44.529800°, -72.841820°
Head E on blue-blazed Eagles Cutoff Trail; cross CCC road three times in the next .3 mi.

MMT002

Location: 44.531067°, -72.835632°
Bear L, following Eagles Cutoff Trail

MMT003

Location: 44.532398°, -72.834167°
Trail curves to the L, heading NE through mixed hardwoods

MMT004

Location: 44.534035°, -72.831284°
Head N for steady ascent on Sunset Ridge Trail

MMT005

Location: 44.535198°, -72.831230°
Bear L @ Y, staying on Sunset Ridge Trail

MMT006

Location: 44.540619°, -72.830353°
Stay R @ Y. Side trip: Turn L @ Y for .2-mi. hike to Cantilever Rock, a massive, flat rock slab jutting from the mountainside

MMT007

Location: 44.541752°, -72.827667°
Take in W views of Lake Champlain and rolling ridgelines of Adirondack high peaks, then ascend NE. Ahead, trail breaks out of balsam and spruce for climb above treeline

MMT008

Location: 44.543850°, -72.817848°
R @ Y, turning SE on Sunset Ridge Trail; tiny, white-flowered Lapland diapensia and rare black crowberry shrubs blanket ground in summer and fall

MMT009

Location: 44.542034°, -72.816437°
Straight @ T; Laura Cowles Trail enters on R. In 50 yds., turn L onto Long Trail for final .2-mi. climb to VT's high point, nicknamed "The Chin"

MMT010

Location: 44.543968°, -72.814301°
Mt. Mansfield (4,393 ft.): Explore VT's largest patch of arctic-alpine tundra, but stay on marked trails; retrace steps

The Summit Ridge

Location: 44.543282°, -72.820580°
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Mt. Mansfield

Location: 44.542221°, -72.826996°
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Mt. Mansfield Summit

Location: 44.543938°, -72.814331°
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