Hiking Stowe Pinnacle with Autumn Foliage

 

The beautiful Fall colors started even before I got to the Stowe pinnacle parking area. The hike up through the hardwood forest was like walking through a kaleidoscope landscape. The morning sun burned off the early mist, and the view from the top was truly awe inspiring.

According to my All Trails app, the complete hike was 3.47 miles with a 1,063ft elevation gain. It only took me 1hr, although I did spend some time at the summit flying my drone.

Soaking in peaceful, Fall vibes.

Luckily the Stowe Land Trust saved a bunch of this land from development.

I wanted to see what the hike looked like with all the Fall colors. It did not disappoint.

Fall Colors ahead!

Another hiker, lost in the colors.

Heading higher in the forest.

Almost there. I am about to leave the colorful forest behind, and enter a high elevation evergreen forest.

Get ready for a couple of steep sections shortly after this sign.

A tunnel of trees, with colorful leaves above and below.

Some trees stand above the rest.

A shot from lower elevation after the mist had cleared.

A few panoramas from the summit of Stowe Pinnacle.