Blue Ridge Fen

There's an extensive wetland complex (including a fen) on Blue Ridge Mountain (~2,900 ft) in the Green Mountain National Forest in the town of Chittenden in Rutland County, Vermont. I visited this place on June 15, 2024. It was a difficult hike but well worth it.

Here are a couple of maps that illustrate where this place is:

The first map shows the larger picture, with landmarks and (and a subset of) parking areas. The second map shows a close-up of the fen, where the green dots indicate some of the plants I found. Both maps are centered on the fen.

To reach Blue Ridge Fen, I followed an old woods road up the eastern slope of the mountain. The road ended about halfway (as shown on the first map), at which point I bushwhacked the remaining stretch of slope. Question: Is there a trail up Blue Ridge Mountain? What is the best path to Blue Ridge Fen?

Observations

由使用者 trscavo trscavo2024年06月19日 11:30 所貼文

觀察

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什麼

大葉水楊梅 (Geum macrophyllum)

觀察者

trscavo

日期

6月 15, 2024 13:20 EDT

描述

Blue Ridge Mountain in the Green Mountain National Forest (Chittenden)

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觀察者

trscavo

日期

6月 2024

地點

Vermont, US (Google, OSM)

描述

Blue Ridge Mountain in the Green Mountain National Forest (Chittenden)

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觀察者

trscavo

日期

6月 15, 2024 14:15 EDT

描述

Blue Ridge Mountain in the Green Mountain National Forest (Chittenden)

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什麼

沼蠋粉蝶蘭 (Platanthera dilatata)

觀察者

trscavo

日期

6月 15, 2024 14:19 EDT

描述

Blue Ridge Mountain in the Green Mountain National Forest (Chittenden)

評論

Thanks for your awesome journal posts, as always!

發佈由 micholoko 4 個月 前

You're welcome! :-)

發佈由 trscavo 4 個月 前

@nsharp @dlnarango @kpmcfarland can you comment?

發佈由 trscavo 4 個月 前

There is no trail. We did a bunch of work there for the GMNF a few years ago and we hiked up the stream on north side (many times). We put most (prob all) of our observations into VAL project on iNaturalist.

發佈由 kpmcfarland 4 個月 前

Thanks @kpmcfarland I can't find the VAL project, can you give a pointer?

發佈由 trscavo 4 個月 前

Oh, perhaps you mean Vermont Atlas of Life?

發佈由 trscavo 4 個月 前

Oh, sorry for the acronym. Yep, Vermont Atlas of Life (VAL).

發佈由 kpmcfarland 4 個月 前

I love orchids!

發佈由 optilete 4 個月 前

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