DeacInVermont
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The wife and I hiked up Vermont's tallest mountain today. At the trailhead, it was muggy and in the 70s so within 10 minutes, we were soaked with sweat. By the time we got to the turnaround point at the top, we got hit with a rain storm that hit us with steady hail and 35-40 mph winds until we got back down below the treeline. The worst part was that the last 1/3 mile up and back down were exposed rock that you have to scramble up/down. It was really greasy. We both lost our footing once and slid several feet down the rock face. Whole trip was 2600 feet of elevation gain according to our watches and took us about 4 1/2 hours. We're not expert hikers by any means- usually just do day hikes for a few hours. We were not fully prepared for the weather we hit at the top, but the whole experience was pretty fun in a wet and miserable sort of way.