Mt Mansfield West - August 11, 2009

Guides: Ed, Martha and Dick

Hike: We drove to Underhill State Park on the West side of Mt. Mansfield. We hiked up the CCC road to the trail head. Ed took one group up the Sunset Ridge Trail. He waited a while when the storm hit but continued up the trail to the Chin for lunch and on down the Long Trail to route 108 for pickup. Martha and I went on to the Halfway House Trail head. Martha took some onto the Maple Ridge Trail. They did get to the Forehead and on to the Hazelton trail. I took the third group up the Halfway House Trail and onto the Canyon North trail. At that point the rain started and shortly the thunder. At the Canyon Extension trail we went up to the Long Trail. Looking for the quickest shelter, we headed south. Before we got to the visitors center the weather cleared. We did continue to the Octagon for lunch. We went down Hazelton trail for pickup with Martha's group at the bottom of the gondola.

Guests:

Jess Cannata (not really)

Chris Cannata (Jess' boy friend)

Kathleen Crowley

James Dixon

Kim Dixon

Donald Floyd

David Gayer

Judith Gayer

Charles Huntington

William Huntington

Jana Manning (I would guess that is not her real last name)

Sonja Marhefka

Stephen McCulloch

Jamie McCulloch

James Minogue

Judy Minogue

Alison O'Neil

Eric Schuster

Brook

Mark

Lunches:

I did not record lunches. My paper was too wet!