Mount Mansfield, VT, US Highpoint #9, 9 February 2004.

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Mount Mansfield, Vermont lies at 4,393 feet MSL and is ranked #26 in elevation among US Highpoints. This would be my 6th US Highpoint of 2004. After the sufferfest of skiing down Greylock the day before, we decided to snowshoe our way to the top of Vermont. This would prove to be an excellent decision as the snow was terrible for skiing.

We began in the Stowe Mountain ski are parking lot during a day they were closed and hiked a trail just inside the woods on looker’s right of the area. Buried deep in the woods and high on the mountain we unexpectedly ran into a large public cabin, replete with sleeping areas and firewood. Because this was a surprise and time was chugging on, we made a quick visit and then headed up the mountain.

Mansfield is the highest point on a long ridge, and reaching a gully (couloir) below the summit we kick-stepped and front-pointed with our snowshoe crampons to the top. From the summit, Lake Champlain is visible to the west.

Yours truly with Teewinot on the summit of Mount Mansfield, VT in 2004.
Teewinot and I on the final climb to the summit. I love this photo!
Looking east from near the summit, Stowe is visible at center right.
Summit benchmark on Mount Mansfield, Vermont.
Summit benchmark on Mount Mansfield, Vermont.
Looking west from the summit, Lake Champlain is visible stretching the entire width of the image.
Mount Mansfield from the base at Stowe. We hiked inside the woods just to looker’s right of the center ski run on the way up, and mostly hiked down the ski run on the way down since Stowe was closed that day.

From here I would head to Hoosier Hill Indiana

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