This weekend provided some more unnaturally warm fall afternoons, and I was thinking about a good place to run. While the leaves in the big mountains are falling quickly, there is still a lot of foliage left in the Champlain Valley, so the day called for a run up one of my favorites, Snake Mountain, Read More…
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Beating The Blerch on Snake Mountain
Ok, so some of you must be asking “What the heck is The Blerch?” The Blerch is a character, created by the author and cartoonist known as “The Oatmeal”, who has described The Blerch in the following words: “Marathon runners often describe a phenomenon known as “hitting the wall.” They refer to ‘the Read More…
A Snake Mountain Variation
One of my all-time favorite short trail runs is the popular dash up to the summit of Snake Mountain, with its panoramic views to of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks to the west. Each September, I also like to present an easily accessible run for the benefit of Middlebury College freshman who might be looking Read More…
Geocache Search on Buck Mountain
I had long heard of a fun trail up Snake Mountain‘s little brother, Buck Mountain. Buck Mountain consists of a low lying, N-S ridge a few miles north and east of Snake Mountain, in the bustling community of Waltham. Looking at it from the west, however, I could see that it had some west-facing cliffs Read More…
The Other Side of Snake Mountain
I have been looking forward to my next post for some time now – Since March, the inevitable aches, pains, and nuisance injuries of middle age have kept me off the trails and out of my running shoes. While I am not back to 100% (or what delusionally passes for 100% at this point in Read More…
Mud Season Traipsing
The snow has melted away at lower elevations (except for in my yard, but that is another story), the sun is shining, and the weather is warm. Is Spring here? No way – this is all Vermonters’ favorite time of the year, Mud Season, and chances are good that true “Spring” is a few weeks Read More…
Snake Mountain
I have been in a bit of a rut lately, doing relatively short, intense “up the hill and back down again” routes, and I am afraid this one is no exception. I am presenting another old favorite, however, Snake Mountain. For those very few locals who are not familiar with it, it is the long Read More…