4.7 miles: 0 hours, 22 minutes
Your zigzag ascent to 4,000 feet, past boulders and exposed mountainsides, is well worth the careful drive on the Mount Mansfield Auto Toll Road. Beech, yellow birch and spruce trees—featuring striking foliage in fall—canopy your journey, unexpectedly opening their arms to a grand vista of mountainside ski runs and Smugglers' Notch. Look west at the summit to view the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Champlain.
