East Trail - Mt. Pisgah - Westmore, VT
East Trail - Mt. Pisgah, 4.5 miles out & back, 1141 elevation gain The Pisgah East Trail , (also known by some as the Long Pond Trail on Pisgah, which can easily be confused with the nearby Long Pond Trail on Bald) is a relatively easy hike on a not very well marked forest road, but to get to the summit you need to take a short steep section on the North Trail, which makes this a much more challenging hike. On this day I was able to wear micro-spikes and walk on top of the snow. At the first field opening be sure to turn right and continue following the forest road to the next opening. There is a sign in that field that points right again. Here you will continue following the forest road to a Y intersection where you will take a left to another sign which leads away from the forest road on a trail. This short section (0.3 miles) leads to the North Trail. From here is gets aggressively steeper and on icy days we have turned back. Within a short distance (maybe 0.2 miles) you a...