Stratton Mountain 3-11-06

Vital Stats
Peak:	Abraham
Peak altitude:	3926'
Base altitude:	2229'
Difference from base:	1697'
Cumulative gain:	1800'
Total time (Approx):	2:00
Total vertical gain:	1800'
Total distance:	7.6
Trip Difficulty	S3D3V3(12) Hard

 

Trail(s) Taken

AT/LT

Moderately Easy climb about 3.2-3.8 miles (depends on which sign you trust). Only challenge was snow surface, and the occasional foot breaking through the snow. I brought my Police Scanner and my AM/FM/SW hand crank radio. Views were great even before I hit 3000 feet. I did the whole thing with just a t-shirt except at the top where the wind made things seem very cold. Many trees were down from a wind storm that brought 140 MPH winds to the mountain less than a month ago. Really couldn't have picked a better day as the pictures will show. Started from the south on Stratton/Arlington RD and followed the Appalachian trail.

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Ascending, somewhere around 3500 ft notice the tree shape 280.54 KB	Wind damage from  the previous wind storm 258.10 KB	More wind damage   306.52 KB	Summit tower! El. 4000   135.17 KB
Me in the tower. It was awfully windy outside, and slightly drafty inside 79.53 KB	That is Somerset  Reservoir (South)   64.00 KB	Somerset again     73.99 KB	Closer view, Greylock  can also be seen  in the distance 63.34 KB
Glastonbury in the  background, the  "mini Stratton" in the foreground 63.64 KB	Glastonbury again     60.27 KB	High altitude vegetation     189.55 KB	"Mini Stratton" (the  trail goes next to this)   78.19 KB
Bromley (looking NW) 101.62 KB	Closer Bromley 78.66 KB	Looking West at Equinox 98.15 KB	South West 75.41 KB
Ski lifts and the summit saddle 103.38 KB	Same thing 76.16 KB	Looking North East I think  you can see Ascutney. 89.62 KB	East, Ball mountain  reservoir visible. 82.32 KB
Victory Thumbs up.   124.99 KB	Mount Snow (South)   52.22 KB	More Somerset!   65.36 KB	Greylock center right,  Virtually invisible (very light) 47.88 KB
Somerset, again (I love  Somerset incase you  hadn't noticed) 55.47 KB	More alpine vegetation/ski  lifts   112.79 KB	Ditto.     124.30 KB	Look at the frost on the trees. There was more when I first reached the summit. 222.92 KB
Vegetation and Bromley  (Yet again!)       220.26 KB	I was listening to WEQX at the time on my handheld,  I am looking right at its 1200W transmitter on Equinox  Mtn. 137.38 KB	This says 3.8 Miles, at the bottom it says 3.2. Who do I believe?     171.14 KB	The trail (it is not this  well defined anywhere else)     209.68 KB
Blue sky and trees. It was beautiful and warm that day. 238.24 KB	Best picture I have  ever taken. 180.38 KB	Not quite as nice.   146.83 KB	Old building ruins  near Kelly Stand 154.66 KB
More ruins. 213.17 KB