Tag: Camel’s Hump

I started my fourth peak for Six Pack of Peaks: New England on the Monroe Trail and then to the Long Trail up to Camels…

All in all a solid peak to end on. The trail is a mix of rocks and packed soil – not danger of killing your…

Great hike.   Rain , thunder and clouds came in so no views

Liked this summit.

Camels hump had got to be one of the more enjoyable day hikes of the most common climbs in New England. Just enough challenge, just…

This hike was AMAZING! One of my favs so far. Forest city is a beautiful wooded trail that has a good incline but doable then…

What an amazing hike!  The scramble at the top was a fun challenge before being able to enjoy the 360 views!

2 peaks for day 1! Luckily we took a “wrong turn” and saw our first of 2 plane sites of the week.

Excellent hike up Camel’s Hump. Hiked with a group of 5 friends starting a Burrows Trail up to Long Trail. An early morning start meant…

Excellent hike up Camel’s Hump. Hiked with a group of 5 friends starting a Burrows Trail up to Long Trail. An early morning start meant…

Peak #5 for the summer~ Camel’s Hump 4000 footer in VT with my 🐝!!!! 3:38 hours and 7 miles. Slow and steady 🐢⛰ Very windy…

It was a great hike super hot and humid and the flies on the bottom half were extremely un expected but it was a moderate…

We decided to hike up camels jump starting around 2:00 pm (pretty late). Trail conditions were great. I was a bit scared to not make…

I did not think, we would be able to hike the day after we summited Mount Mansfield …. but we did it! We got up…

Gorgeous. Forgot socks and someone lent me a pair.  This is solid for trail running! Ran all the way down and most of the way…

Trail was pretty soaked, which made descending pretty rough. About a mile and a half of the trail was virtually walking through a small creek,…

Given the almost four-hour drive, my plan was to make a weekend out of hiking Camel’s Hump and Mount Mansfield.  I was only half successful…

We arrived at about 7:30.  The parking lot was almost empty and they had an overflow lot as well.  The trail was very wet and…

This was a heart pumping climb! Magnificent views- a little wet at times – Summit was a thrill!

Great sunset on the hump!

Awesome sunset!!

Was a brisk morning for a hike, upside was there was no bugs. Trail was a little wet but in great shape. Summit was breathtaking…

The summit still has a decent amount of packed snow covering ice. I would recommend micro spikes for at least the next couple weeks. Follow…

Good to go sunny and beautiful all the way up!

Beautiful weather, view at the summit was amazing

First steps on the Long Trail hiking a loop up the Monroe Trail to the Long Trail SB and looping back on the Alpine Trail.…

This was my favorite hike of the challenge! It was a perfect balance of climbing without an intense amount of incline. We opted to hike…

We were on Monroe Trail by 7am. We set a decent pace and didn’t need many breaks on the ascent. The weather was 70’s, mostly…

Perfect clear afternoon.  Nice hike, mostly shaded. The “fake top” in the clearing with the plaque was and Ugh moment. Humped my way to the…

We went up the Burrows trail and descended via the Long and Forest City trails. It took us about two hours to get to the…

It was a treat getting to the Summit and half of the mountain being in the clouds and the other half being clear ! It…

My friend and I took a trip to Vermont and hiked both mount Mansfield and mount Camel’s Hump on the same day. We started at…

Wonderful views  in all directions. Burrows trail was a great ascent path. Going down Long Trail was a bit more difficult. And multiple water views…

Great hike!  Did this in the afternoon following Mount Mansfield in the morning.  Both were great hikes, but if I could only choose one, I…

Hump day all day. Camels Hump starts off with a gradual incline hike that ends with magical 360 views. The hard part is getting up…

Hike was great, one of the very best I have done in New England.   Once you crest into the alpine area the horse fly’s…

A cloudy day, buggy for the first couple of miles on Monroe Trail. At the peak encountered strong winds, winter-like temperatures. A brief stop to…

We hiked Camel’s Hump on the very sunny Saturday of Father’s Day Weekend. We arrived to the trail head around 10:00 AM, and the lot…

Working on a night shift..adding on Camel’s Hump after hiking the Franconia loop. It’s been a very long day, but beautiful views around sunset time!

Bugs were terrible, Black flies the defenders of the Wilderness. lol Great cool down hike after Lincoln 😜