Mount Abraham Lincoln
— — the ridge that holds the last of the light.
Not only on a wall.
“A 4,006-foot peak in the spine of the Green Mountains, above the small town of Lincoln. The Long Trail crosses the summit and runs north along Lincoln Gap toward Mount Ellen. The view east opens over the White Mountains on a clear day; west, the Adirondacks across the lake. Hikers come up from Lincoln Gap Road in about two hours. The summit is open ledge, low krummholz, the kind of place where the wind decides how long you stay. from the studio
Mount Abraham Lincoln, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Mount Abraham rises to 4,006 feet on the main spine of the Green Mountains, in the town of Lincoln, Addison County. It is the fifth-highest peak in Vermont and one of only five summits in the state with a true alpine zone — a fragile band of arctic-alpine plants holding on above the spruce-fir line. The Long Trail crosses the summit on its way north toward Lincoln Peak and Mount Ellen, and the most common approach is the Battell Trail from Lincoln Gap Road, climbing roughly 2,500 feet over three miles.
The summit sits in the Northeast's rarest habitat: a true alpine tundra, sustained only on a handful of peaks south of Mount Washington. Diapensia, Bigelow's sedge, and bearberry willow grow in mats between the open ledges. Cairns mark the path across the rock so that boots stay off the plants. The air at 4,000 feet runs ten to fifteen degrees colder than the village of Lincoln below, and clouds can close the summit inside half an hour, even on a settled August afternoon.
Lincoln Gap Road, the steepest paved public road in Vermont with grades near 24 percent, closes to vehicles in winter between Lincoln and Warren. From the trailhead, the Battell Trail joins the Long Trail at the Battell Shelter, then climbs another half mile of rock and root to the summit. Most hikers count on five to six hours round trip. The Green Mountain Club maintains the shelter and the trail. There is no fee, no road to the top, and no view-platform: just the open ridge and the weather.