Mount Ellen Sugarbush ridge
— — the long line of light along the top.
Not only on a wall.
“Mount Ellen sits at 4,083 feet, the third-highest peak in Vermont, sharing a long ridge with Lincoln Peak above Warren and the Mad River Valley. The ridge is the Sugarbush ski resort's northern half; in summer it is the Long Trail, threading through balsam fir and red spruce from Appalachian Gap south. The summit chair on the resort side stops just under the actual top. From the ridge, the view east drops into the valley, the village of Waitsfield small below; west, the country opens toward Lake Champlain. In late September the lower slopes turn first. from the studio
Mount Ellen Sugarbush ridge, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Mount Ellen rises to 4,083 feet on the spine of the Green Mountains, between Lincoln Gap to the south and Appalachian Gap to the north. It is the third-highest summit in Vermont, after Mansfield and Killington, and the highest point on the long ridge shared with Lincoln Peak. The eastern slopes drop into the Mad River Valley above the village of Warren, while the western flank falls toward the town of Starksboro. The summit lies inside the Green Mountain National Forest, with the Long Trail crossing the top on its run north toward Camel's Hump.
In winter the ridge is the northern half of Sugarbush Resort, operated as Mount Ellen with the highest lift-served terrain in Vermont; the Summit Quad delivers skiers to within a short walk of the true peak. In summer the access is by foot on the Long Trail, most commonly from Appalachian Gap on Route 17, a one-way distance of roughly five miles to the summit. The resort runs a limited summer programme of lift access and trail use; the surrounding ridge is national forest land, open and unfeed for hikers.
The Mad River Valley's foliage typically peaks in the first week of October, with the lower benches between 800 and 1,500 feet turning a week earlier than the upper ridge. Sugar maple and yellow birch carry most of the colour; red spruce and balsam fir hold the dark green band that defines the summit ridge year-round. Snow generally settles on the upper mountain by mid-November, and Sugarbush averages around 270 inches of snowfall a season. The Long Trail along the ridge is at its driest in late August and early September.