Thanks to the farm bill, the Appalachian Trail is going to be moved off of Bromley's peak. There is a nice observation tower on the peak. I took this picture from there. The ski resort built a nice shelter below the peak to replace the warming hut hikers can now use at the peak. I guess we were not kind enough to their property.
Bankrolling boondoogles is pretty much what taxpayers are obligated to do. Be that as it may, it turns out the project about which the congressman is so indignant isn't a "land swap," wasn't "air dropped" into the farm bill, won't lead to a "Trail to Nowhere" and won't cost taxpayers anything. Other than that, Boehner got it exactly right. A provision in the farm bill, similar to legislation proposed in previous years, could allow the Bromley ski resort to purchase privately approximately 680 acres of federal land it has been leasing from the Forest Service since about 1940; assuming a deal is successfully negotiated, the Forest Service would put the money in escrow for future land acquisition in the Green Mountains or for improvements to the Appalachian Trail in the region.[...]
And that "Trail to Nowhere"? Well, trail groups would like part of the Appalachian Trail, which runs through the summit of Bromley, to take a detour around the top of the mountain, so that hikers don't have to dodge skiers in winter or trek on land cleared for winter recreation in other seasons. Both the Green Mountain Club and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy favor a new spur.
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