Trip Log

A running log of where I am on the trail — updated alongside each daily post.

Date	Mile marker	Shelter / town	Notes
Day 9	105.6	Inn at Long Trail	Over Killington’s summit and down to town, where Liz joined for the rest of the hike — taking a zero here to rest.
Day 8	95	Governor Clement Shelter	Over Clarendon Gorge’s suspension bridge and a tough climb out — 14.1 miles with over 3k feet of gain and loss.
Day 7	80.9	Bully Brook (tent site)	A tough, low-energy day — called it early at a brookside campsite after 10 miles, swollen ankles and all.
Day 6	70.8	Big Branch (tent site)	Over Styles Peak, Peru Peak and Mt Baker through the Peru Peak and Big Branch Wilderness areas — 13.4 miles.
Day 5	57.4	Bromley Ski Patrol Hut	Resupply day in Manchester Center, hitched both ways, then climbed Bromley Mountain to the ski patrol shack for the night.
Day 4	48.6	William Douglas Shelter	Over Stratton (fogged out at the tower), past Stratton Pond and through Lye Brook Wilderness — 15.5 miles.
Day 3	35.9	Black Brook (tent site)	Rained all day over Glastenbury and past Story Spring — slow, slippery going, camped by the brook.
Day 2	24.4	Goddard Shelter	Over Harmon Hill and Glastenbury way — 14.4 miles, 4,000′ up, big day.
Day 1	10	Congdon Shelter	Pine Cobble up to the AT, onto the LT at the MA/VT line, past Seth Warner and the beaver ponds — 13.5 miles with a full pack.