[at-l] New Pico Shelter, Killington VT

[rafe.bustin@verizon.net (Raphael Bustin)]

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At 09:38 PM 8/22/2002 -0400, sAunTerer wrote:

 >>At 07:50 PM 08/22/2002 -0400, Trailwife@aol.com wrote:

 >>This morning I drove to the Pico (pronounce "pie-ko") ski area parking lot,
 >>where the Green Mountain Club was preparing to have lumber and building
 >>supplies flown up the mountain to the new shelter site...   <snip>
 >>Because it is being built on Federal land the
 >>outhouse will be wheelchair accessible.


 >You gotta be kidding.  Is the mountain wheelchair accessible too?


Hmmm.  Not quite, but by the "old" AT, it's one of the mellowest
climbs I've done in a very long time, and leaves the road right
across from a very mellow establishment -- the Inn at the Long
Trail.  Dog nose why they had to "improve" on this scheme.


rafe b.
aka terrapin
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