Mount Equinox Sky Line Drive
— — the road that climbs into the weather.
Not only on a wall.
“Mount Equinox rises to 3,848 feet above the village of Manchester, the highest peak entirely within the Taconic Range. The Skyline Drive climbs 5.2 paved miles from Route 7A to a saddle just below the summit, a private toll road owned by the Carthusian monks of the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration on the mountain's eastern slope. The road opens in May, closes in late October, and runs the kind of grade that makes a six-cylinder downshift. On clear days the view reaches the Adirondacks, the Berkshires, the Greens, and on the rarest afternoons, north to Mount Royal in Quebec. from the studio
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The place, in three passes.
Equinox Mountain rises to 3,848 feet above the village of Manchester, the highest peak entirely within the Taconic Range and the dominant landform of southwestern Vermont. The summit ridge runs roughly north–south, separating the Battenkill valley to the east from the Mettawee valley to the west. The mountain sits in Bennington County and gives its name to the historic Equinox Hotel below, in operation in some form since 1769. The slopes are forested in northern hardwoods on the lower benches, transitioning to spruce-fir above 3,000 feet.
The Skyline Drive runs 5.2 paved miles from the gatehouse on Route 7A in Sunderland to a parking lot at roughly 3,800 feet, a short walk from the summit. The road typically opens around the first of May and closes by late October, weather depending, with a toll charged per vehicle and per passenger. The Burr and Burton Trail offers a hiking alternative, climbing about 2,800 feet over 2.8 miles from Manchester Village. At the top, the Saint Bruno Scenic Viewing Center holds a small café and a fire-pit terrace in the warmer months.
The mountain belongs to the Carthusian Order — the same contemplative order that produces Chartreuse in the French Alps — through the Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, a monastery built on the eastern flank in 1960 and the only Carthusian house in the United States. The monks live in cells under a vow of silence, leaving the upper mountain quiet by intention. The Skyline Drive's tolls help support the monastery. The 7,000-acre property is held by the monks' nonprofit, the Equinox Preservation Trust working the lower flanks for public trail access.