Discussion: That's the old route of the...

That's the old route of the Long Trail over Stratton (or maybe the current route)? How is it better than the trail up the backside of Okemo, which I think is pretty nice? How much is runnable? I haven't been up it for decades.

The Okemo trail is flat at the start, goes up some switchbacks, then has a long horizontal traverse before the final half mile climb to the summit. The Stratton AT/LT is a steady climb for all 3.5 miles.

So I found the Stratton grade runnable all the way up, and down, too. I ran Okemo, but some places would have been just as fast to walk. Okemo has some rock hopping; there was very little on Stratton.

Also planning to do a loop over Stratton and back by way of Stratton Pond. That will add another 3-4 miles and should be a great tour (and maybe a swim).

I've done the Okemo trail several times, always walked a couple places early on. I'm impressed you run it all. Which leads me to believe I would be walking places on the Stratton trail too.

My recollection is that the descent to Stratton Pond is steep in places. But the 4 miles from there back out to the road is really nice.