• Travelling through the US 2022
    Toll booth at Mount EquinoxHalfway up the drive with wonderful views to the west, i.e. towards New York state.Summit views to the South - seeing as far as Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York State.Hike to Lookout RockTrail to Lookout RockView of Manchester Village from Lookout RockA hint of Autumn colours in the sunshineOn the way back from Lookout Rock. And let it be clear it was a crisp cold morningSummit view to the North - up to Burlington and the Canadian borderA steep drive down ... 🚗

    VT - Mount Equinox

    15 de septiembre de 2022, Estados Unidos ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Mount Equinox is the highest mountain in the Taconic Range, the climb is steep and unrelenting. It's about a 1000m ascent and the same down.
    Apparently, the first half is pure incline like setting your treadmill at 15%. The second half is more stairmaster-like with stepping up rocks.

    Hence we decided not to do it 😃

    But there is a very nice but very steep drive up to the top - Skyline Drive. Surely one of the most expensive private toll routes in the world but totally worth it for the views and saving my knees going down.

    When we got up the summit, the temperature had plummeted to 8 degrees with a keen wind
    But the views are stunning even if the Green Mountains are still a bit greener than we would have liked. But there are hints of Autumn colours coming through.

    From the summit we took a small hiking trail to Lookout Rock. Not a bad view of Manchester Village but can't beat the 360 degree view from the top.

    Driving down I was glad when we reached the bottom. The high revs of the car engine didn't sound nice 😬    Leer más

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