Getting to the
Rutland Long Trail Festival:
If
you are not hiking in, please seriously consider using
public transportation (see below), rather than driving in
gas guzzling automobiles. Festival visitors with Amtrack
ticket stubs will be given a very special reward for
getting to the festival on the Ethan Allan Express. Please
organize car pooling as needed and watch for long distance
hikers needing rides.
The Festival is
at the Vermont State Fairgrounds, which are on Route 7 in
Rutland, Vermont, about 1 mile north of Route 4 West and
about 1 mile south of Route 4 East.
From the trail
The
fairgrounds are about 8 miles from the trail. The closest
access is Clarendon Gorge at Rte 103. From there, travel
north on 103 to Rte 7, then north on Rte 7 to the
fairgrounds in Rutland. From Killington area, travel west
on Rte 4, then south on Rte 7 to the fairgrounds.
From
Manchester,VT by bus
Bus
schedules from Manchester north to Rutland, as well as from
Sherburne Pass (Killington) south to Rutland, are at
http://www.thebus.com/.
In particular, the Manchester schedule, called Rte 7 South,
is at http://www.thebus.com/route_7_south.htm.
The East Dorset
stop is less than a mile from the end of the old road down
Mad Tom Notch. I don't know what condition it is in, and
it's not a GMC trail, but it could be used to get down from
the LT in Mad Tom Notch. About five minutes north of the
East Dorset stop is South End Road, where the bus to
Rutland can be boarded. It's not listed on the schedule,
but the bus will stop if someone is at the intersection.
The stop is only 0.5 mile from the Lake Trail trailhead,
connecting to the LT at Griffith Lake and (via the Baker
Peak Trail) near Baker Peak. The South Wallingford stop
could serve someone coming down from the LT via the Homer
Stone Brook Trail.
By
train
Amtrak’s Ethan
Allen Express runs daily between New York City and Rutland
by way of Albany. For more information on schedule and
stops – Google: Ethan Allen Express or Amtrak.com
By
bus
From
outside Vermont, check out Vermonttransit.com or
Greyhound Buslines
Driving Directions from Burlington, VT
Driving Directions from Manchester, NH
Driving Directions from Boston, MA
Driving Directions from Albany, NY
