Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield State Forest, VT

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024

Road Captain: John Zanchi

Event: *Closed

Helmets Required? Yes, while in VT

Destination: Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield State Forest, VT

Departure Time: KSU 8:00AM, Pre-Ride Meeting 7:45AM, Registration 7:30AM

Departure Location & Time: Irving Gas, Meredith NH, KSU 8:00AM

Approximate Ride Length: 6:35 Saddle Time, plus 2+ Rest stops, a HOG “50 Rides, One Nation” Photo stop and Lunch.

Approximate Round trip Miles for Ride: 260 Miles

Picnic Lunch or Restaurant Stop: Picnic Lunch, Sandwiches can be purchased.

Approximate Total Time duration of your event: 9:30

Return Time & Location: Return to LHD approx 5:30PM.

Route Map provided: Two attached Google Maps URLs.

Short description of Route and road type: Two-Lane roads including both numbered state and local municipal roads. The ride outbound will travel north along the CT River before turning northwest in VT to Danville, Rte 15 to Morrisville and 100 south to Stowe. The return will take us to Barre, 110 south to Chelsea, 113 to Fairlee and newly paved NH-25A back toward home.

Ride Notes: We will ride through Smugglers Notch in both directions. We will stop at Ben & Jerry’s for the HOG “50 Rides, One Nation” photo for Vermont.

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- Website https://vtstateparks.com/smugglers.html

- Google Maps, URLs of Routes

Ride to Smugglers Notch and Ben & Jerry’s photo, Part 1 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.6615863,-71.493598/44.0613393,-72.0068373/44.2907352,-72.0579793/44.4114211,-72.1400832/44.5618479,-72.596222/44.4730507,-72.6901894/Stowe+Sandwich+Company/@44.1227382,-72.3037365,9.53z/data=!4m21!4m20!1m0!1m0!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-72.1612659!2d44.3134936!3s0x4cb451afd3191aef:0x533e0460af74c180!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cb596dcc308340f:0x7d1a5073766af77e!2m2!1d-72.7100551!2d44.4730024!2m1!1b1!3e0?entry=ttu

Ride to Smugglers Notch and Ben & Jerry’s photo, Part 2 

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Stowe+Sandwich+Company,+Mountain+Road,+Stowe,+VT/44.5722739,-72.7768801/44.4358112,-72.7115595/44.2622224,-72.5846278/44.2184558,-72.5599973/44.1610248,-72.4486502/43.88628,-72.2590156/43.8723147,-71.913095/Laconia+Harley-Davidson,+Daniel+Webster+Highway,+Meredith,+NH/@43.9226744,-72.3422416,10.54z/data=!4m23!4m22!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cb596dcc308340f:0x7d1a5073766af77e!2m2!1d-72.7100551!2d44.4730024!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cb347c09fdfc56f:0xb2ddcd2e54edbffd!2m2!1d-71.4985592!2d43.6485456!2m1!1b1!3e0?entry=ttu