Sterling Range Ridge July 31, 2008

Guides: Martha and Dick

Route: Sterling Range Hike – For a change we started on the Long Trail at the Smuggler’s Notch picnic area on Route 108 in Stowe. We went up what used to be the Elephant Head trail. The Elephant Head Overlook was open and worth the stop. We continued up the Long Trail and took a short cut through the woods to the Spruce Peak Overview. We went back to the front side of Sterling Pond and to Sterling lodge, out the Long Trail to Drifter Trail, continue on the Long Trail to Drifter again and up Drifter to the top of Madonna. Eat lunch. Went down Chilcoot ski trail to the Long Trail, into the Hansel and Grettle woods, back to Chilcoot and down to Gary B’s Northwest Passage and Ruthie’s, down to Rum Runner’s Reservoir. Down Meadowlark back to the village.

Hikers:
Ron Collard
Glen Edwards
Lauren Fisher
Tom Grogan
James Rescsanski
Marty Nagy-Wentz
Jack Wentz

Lunches:
Cheese and smoked sausage on crackers, grapes
Tuna pack, Peanuts, Nature Valley bar
PB&J
Fruit, Granola Bars, Power Bar, Nectarine
Extra Cheese Pizza, Apple, Granola Bar
Sautéed vegetables with pasta & cheese

No one took the challenge for the best time for the section from the first crossing of Drifter ski trail to the place we rejoin Drifter.