Starting location: Governor Clement Shelter
Ending location: Inn at the Long Trail
State: VT
Miles today: 12.5
Miles total: 1,693.1
Our legs didn't really have a chance to warm up because our climb up Mt. Killington began as soon as we started our day. Mt. Killington is Vermont's highest peak as well as a rather large ski resort. The climb was steady but long. When we reached the top we both had to put on our jackets because it was chilly. The view was spectacular from the summit.
We had heard that because Killington is a ski resort they had a gondola that would take you to the bottom of the mountain. We also heard that it was free thru hikers. The trip down the mountain was great and it was neat to stand at the base and look up to see the peak we had just climbed. Climbing all these ski mountains really makes us want to go skiing this winter. Anyone up for a ski trip? Can anyone give me a lesson?
We rode back up to the summit, grabbed a quick but outragously expensive lunch at the lodge, and prepared for our afternoon. Our destination for the evening was a place called the Inn at the Long Trail. We had been hearing about this for weeks and I guess we planned it right because they have live Irish music in their pub on Friday nights. Our plan was to belly up to the bar and not leave until we got our fill.
We arrived at the Inn and luck had it that they had a last minute cancellation and an open room for us. The Inn itself was rustic and charming, we decided it would be a great place to come back to in the winter. We napped, showered and headed downstairs to the Irish pub within the Inn. Murray the bartender and owner kept pouring us glasses of Long Trail Ale all night long. We had way to much fun carrying on and listening to the Irish band play. The Inn at the Long Trail definetly lived up to the hype we had heard about for weeks.
On the summit of Mt. Killington
On the gondola
The Inn at the Long Trail
The band played all night
Conan + Backwards
2 comments:
Ah, that's what Killington looks like without snow! Love the pic of you two together. Enjoying following you on your adventure. Both kids got sad as we drove through DC today wishing that we could see Kristen and Jason...happy trails! Love, Aunt Cin
We've got skiing, great food and moonshine. You can stay here if you want to,,,but lessons? You'll have to find someone else to teach you.
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