Category: Addison County Outside

Snake Mountain has to be the most popular day-hike in Addison County. It’s an easy walk, the views are unique and expansive, and it’s only a short drive from anywhere else in our part of the Champlain Valley.

As such, I thought I’d never write about it. “Everybody already knows about Snake Mountain,” I thought, “Why clutter the internet with redundant recommendations?”

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Note: This is continuing in the theme of dank, scummy holes to explore nearby. It also dovetails nicely with the Otter Creek theme. This is a dank hole under Otter Creek. You’ll love it.

Believe it or not, there's a cave behind these falls.

When I told my editor about the cave behind the falls in Middlebury, I failed to mention certain things.

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Note: this blog is called "Addison County Outside" or "The Great Outdoors." This week's blog entry is not truly "outside". It's not really "inside" either. Addison County Underground sounds like a nightclub, so I'm settling on "Underside."

Saturday I did something that I have never done. Caving.

“Caving?” you might say, “Don’t you mean ‘spelunking’”?

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Disclaimer: This description is for a river that is NOT Otter Creek. It's not even in Addison County, or the Champlain Basin, for that matter. It's on the other side of the mountains. However, its source is only about 15 miles from Otter Creek, and no matter how close Woodstock is to Massachusetts, it's still Vermont.  

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