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Huntington Gap
Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area is a wildlife management area in the U.S. state of Vermont. It consists of in the towns of Huntington, Buels Gore, and Fayston. The area is owned by the State of Vermont and administered by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. The Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area is approximately north of Vermont Route 17 in Chittenden and Washington counties. The area is wholly contained within Camel's Hump Forest Reserve. It is bordered by Camel's Hump State Park on the north, south, and west. Its far western boundary extends to Lewis Creek Wildlife Management Area. Description The most prominent feature in the Huntington Gap Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is Huntington Gap, a low saddle on the eastern edge of the WMA. The Long Trail, the Catamount Trail, and a VAST snowmobile trail pass through Huntington Gap. The spine of the Green Mountains runs along the eastern edge of the WMA. The summit of Beane Mountain () is just out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec to the north. According to the most recent U.S. Census estimates, the state has an estimated population of 648,493, making it the List of U.S. states and territories by population, second-least populated of all U.S. states. It is the nation's List of U.S. states and territories by area, sixth smallest state in area. The state's capital of Montpelier, Vermont, Montpelier is the least populous List of capitals in the United States, U.S. state capital. No other U.S. state has a List of largest cities of U.S. states and territories by population, most populous city with fewer residents than Burlington, Vermont, Burlington. Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans have inhabited the area for abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catamount Trail
The Catamount Trail is a long-distance, Nordic ski trail that spans the length of Vermont, extending more than from the border with Massachusetts at Readsboro, Vermont, to the Canada–United States border at North Troy, Vermont. History The trail was first skied in 1984 by its founders, Steve Bushey, Paul Jarris, and Ben Rose. It was initially conceived as Bushey's thesis project when he was a geography student at the University of Vermont. Since then, the Catamount Trail has been maintained by the Catamount Trail Association, initially incorporated in 1984. The Association coordinates volunteers, publishes a guidebook, and works to protect and preserve the trail. As of 2007, twenty-nine skiers had reported to the Association that they have skied the entire length of the Catamount Trail. Geography The terrain of the trail ranges from challenging, for which climbing skins, metal edges and telemarking Telemark skiing is a skiing technique that combines elements of Alpine an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |