Close to home, less than two miles round trip, The Great Cliff makes a great late afternoon hike.
The hike starts off Route 73 a few miles east of Brandon. I had quite a bit of trouble following the white blazes of the Long Trail. The trail was broken in, but much of it had been wind swept. This made for some difficulty, but the snow rarely made it up to my knees.
Unlike many places, this spot lives up to its name. The cliff is pretty damn impressive. It appears to jut out from the mountain. A fall from here would not tickle. The views didn't suck either. To the east there are some smaller mountains that rise out of the farm land. To the west, the sun set over the upper Hudson Valley/Lower Champlain Valley. Across the gap, the mountains of the Long Trail as it heads south.
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