10/3/09

Red Cedar Students Start Year with Hikes and Wilderness Trips

The middle school group spent the first three days of school backpacking on Mt. Mansfield - three days of endless conversation, bantering, catching up with each other, welcoming the new students, exploring, enjoying what good shape we got in over the summer or suffering because of how little we'd done. Warm sunny days, clear nights, no bugs.

Miranda, Adrian and Parker by Cantiliver Rock 

After a trailside dinner on Sunset Ridge

Group at the summit
Late afternoon

Margot at the edge of the world

S'mores after dinner

Evan the porter

Dirty, tired and glad to have our packs off

The whole school hiked Mt. Philo on Day 4 for an orientation day with group games. Classes began on the 5th day.
Ari leads a game 

Patrick and Lena


Jez, Amelia, Ezekiel, Evan and Willy

In mid-September, we all hiked Camel's Hump one day.

Bill and Amelia, at the summit

Even our youngest student, Anouska, made it up

Lindsay, Isza and Zoe

Evan, Anoushka, Jacquie, Lena, Jez and C

 Beakie and Amelia almost fall off

In late September, the upper elementary group did an overnight camping trip at Branbury State Park.

Setting out for the Falls of Lana

Along the way
At Rattlesnake Cliffs, overlooking Lake Dunmore

Brendan

Looking out to the west

Crossing Sucker Brook

End of the day

Bo and Charlie, cooking over the fire