This afternoon we strapped on our hiking shoes and headed to Mt. Mansfield. Every year teams attempt to summit Mt. Mansfield and return in just 3.5 short hours. This is a difficult trek for anyone and campers have been talking about the hike since they arrived. In a record year many groups made it further than they ever had with team USA and Germany making it to the summit along with a few other teams coming very close. The walk down was a bit slick so teams had to be agile and choose their footing wisely.
The hike was long and tiring but team morale was higher than it has been all week. We saw campers encouraging one another, helping each other over rocks and most importantly giving each other a high-five at the top. Mt. Mansfield is 4,393 feet so getting (almost) to the top is no small feat. I even heard a group of ladies saying that hiking a mountain this tall was on their bucket list- way to go ladies! Some of our smaller campers headed to Trapp Family Lodge to check out the nature trails and do a smaller hike, check out a video of their adventure on the last post.
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