The Nose is easily reached along the trail from Mount Mansfield Hotel. From the summit the view is excellent to the south towards Camels Hump, which is one of the prominent peaks of the Green Mountain range. The mica-albite-quartz schist on top of the Nose has many small folds and crenulations.

South of the Forehead along the Long Trail, cliffs of an albite-rich variety of the mica-albite-quartz schist form obstacles which have been surmounted cleverly by the Green Mountain trail-markers.

In the southern part of Mount Mansfield State Forest the Long Trail passes through Nebraska Notch in the vicinity of Taylor Lodge. This notch also was formed by the erosive action of an ancient river that flowed across the mountain at this point, but which has long since been abandoned.

The cliffs at Smugglers Notch as seen looking south from the west wall of the Notch.

FOOTNOTES

[1]Rocks are classified as being either igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic. Igneous rocks form by the solidification of molten material; sedimentary rocks form by the accumulation of sediments derived from older rocks; and metamorphic rocks form by recrystallization of older rocks under conditions of high temperatures and pressures.

MOUNT MANSFIELD STATE FOREST

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