What to wear hiking in Stratton, Vermont: tall cleated boots, a lilac tee and light blue leggings, plus fleece, an olive parka and sneakers for a cool Vermont day.
What to Wear Hiking in Stratton, Vermont in Fall: Outfit Guide
What to wear hiking in Stratton, Vermont
The Long Trail and Appalachian Trail share a route over Stratton's summit, where a 70-foot fire tower stands. Stratton Pond is 3.8 miles one way, or 7.6 miles round trip, and swimmable in July and August. Foliage runs from September to early October. Expect mosquitoes and black flies in June and early July, and mud in spring. In fall hunting season, blaze orange is advisable. Trails are rooty and rocky, and summer nights drop into the 50s, so carry a fleece.
Quick answers What about bugs? Light long sleeves and leggings help in June and early July. What about hunting season? Add something blaze orange of your own. Is there a winter version? See What to Wear Skiing in Stratton, Vermont.
Outfit 1: Tall boots, lilac tee, light blue leggings
Outfit 2: Fleece, olive parka and sneakers
The second outfit is for cool days and fall foliage. A grey teddy fleece layers under an olive hooded canvas jacket, with a white half-zip fleece sweatshirt as a warm middle layer and black trail sneakers underneath. None of these pieces are blaze orange, so add that separately in hunting season.
Plan for bugs, mud and cool evenings
The first outfit is a lilac lightweight long-sleeve tee for layering, light blue high-rise leggings, a black cap and tall black cleated boots. They are heavy and stiff, so keep them for short, dry out-and-backs, and wear the sneakers for something like Stratton Pond. A third formula: wear the white half-zip over the lilac tee with the leggings and sneakers for a lighter, quicker day. Plan for bugs early, mud in spring and cool evenings in summer, and carry a fleece every time. For winter, read What to Wear Skiing in Stratton, Vermont.
