Catamount Trail
Vermont
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4.9 mi
Distance
2,165 ft
Gain
2h 8m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Appalachian National Scenic Trail
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Catamount Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,165 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,165 ft
- Highest point
- 2,725 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,796 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
About this trail
Catamount Trail is a 9.72-mile out-and-back trail in Vermont with 2,165 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,725 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 1,929 ft
- High point
- 2,725 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,165 ft
- Total descent
- 2,165 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 16% grade around mile 3.6 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 9.7 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Manchester Ranger District · Ranger district
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail · National Park Service
- Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- National Park Service
Source: USFS EDW boundaries; NPS Land Resources boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Appalachian National Scenic Trail as of Oct 9, 2026:
Black Bears Frequenting the McAfee Knob Area in Virginia
Caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
List of trail closures post-Hurricane Helene
Park Closure · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: NPS Alerts API
Nearby
- Catamount - Tin ShantyCross-country skiing1.3 mi
- Catamount Side TrailHiking1.7 mi
- Black Swamp TrailHiking2.3 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Upper FallsRock climbing4.9 mi
- Catamount BouldersRock climbing6.8 mi
- Ottauquechee RiverCanoeing7 mi
- Black RiverCanoeing7.4 mi
- Greenwall ShelterCamping9.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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