Vermont trails · Vtxl
Vtxl
A 192.5-mile point-to-point in Vermont, with 1,859 ft of climbing. Reaches Mathewson Hill and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by VTXL Trail.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 18,774 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mathewson Hill (summit)
- Back Pond (lake)
- Beaver Pond (lake)
- Mud Pond (lake)
- Center Pond (lake)
- Waterman Pond (lake)
Getting there
VTXL access. About 1 h 13 min drive (38 mi, 4 of them unpaved) from Rutland. 43.53037, -72.49935 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:33 a.m., the sun rises at 7:02 a.m. and sets at 6:08 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:37 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 06 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 192.5-mile route works out to roughly 72 h 14 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- closed (1* + 105A + VTXL — 12.8 mi loop, 1,356 ft gain
- VTXL + Corridor 7 - Ip Road Area — 8.4 mi loop, 1,205 ft gain
- VTXL + 105A + 105/105A — 14.3 mi loop, 1,713 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Joe's Jungle — 1.3 mi
- Brownsville Trail — 5.4 mi
- Weathersfield Trail — 7.3 mi
- 125 — 7.6 mi