Sherburne Pass

Infobox Mountain pass
Name = Sherburne Pass
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Elevation = convert|2150|ft|m|-1|lk=on
Location = Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Range = Green Mountains
Coordinates = coord|43|39.82|N|72|49.98|W |type:pass_region:US-VT |display=inline,title
Topographic
USGS "Pico Peak"
Transversed by =

Sherburne Pass, or Shelburne Pass, is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont, between convert|3957|ft|adj=on Pico Peak to the south and convert|2782|ft|adj=on Deer Leap Mountain to the north. The height of land of the pass is located in the town of Killington.

On the east side, the pass drains into Kent Brook, thence into the Ottauquechee River, the Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. To the west, the notch is the source of the South Branch of the Middlebury River, which drains into Otter Creek, and into Lake Champlain. Lake Champlain drains into the Richelieu River in Québec, thence into the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Pico Mountain, part of Killington Ski Resort since December 1997, is on the south side of Sherburne Pass, with a ski lift running from Rte. 4 to the summit of Pico Peak.

The Long Trail (LT), a 272-mile (438 km) hiking trail runs the length of Vermont from Massachusetts to Québec along the spine of the Green Mountains, crossing U.S. Route 4 about half a mile west of the height of Sherburne Pass. The Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,170-mile (3,500 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, is contiguous with the LT to the south of the pass. The AT diverges from the LT about a mile north of Rt. 4 at Maine Junction — northwest of Deer Leap Mtn. in Willard Gap — and runs east to New Hampshire and the White Mountains. The AT and LT formerly crossed Rt. 4 at the height of Sherburne Pass, and split on the east side of Deer Leap Mountain. Until 1999, the trails passed convert|0.3|mi|km|1|abbr=on east of the summit of Pico Peak, along the 3,500-ft (1,070 m) contour. Both were moved to the west slope of the mountain. The old route of the AT/LT is now a blue-blazed trail, named the Sherburne Pass Trail. [ cite web
url= http://rohland.homedns.org/at/state/state_detail/AT_state_detail.aspx?stateID=7%20&sectionID=46
title= Section 3 — VT 12 to Sherburne Pass
author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=
date= 2008-01-11 | work= Parking on the VT Appalachian Trail |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-09-23 ] [ cite web
url= http://rohland.homedns.org/at/state/state_detail/AT_state_detail.aspx?stateID=7%20&sectionID=47
title= Section 4 — Sherburne Pass to VT 103
author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors=
date= 2008-01-11 | work= Parking on the VT Appalachian Trail |publisher=
accessdate= 2008-09-23 ] [ cite book
url= http://books.google.com/books?id=Sojr8J3uHjMC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=appalachian+trail+sherburne+pass+deer+leap&source=web&ots=I67cnKqONx&sig=xncp9z3oWH1xOAMoJMSkiRLkYN4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA43,M1
title= The Best of the Appalachian Trail Overnight Hikes, 2nd: Overnight Hikes
author= Victoria Logue | coauthors= Frank Logue, Leonard M. Adkins
year= 2007 | publisher= Menasha Ridge Press |isbn= 0897325281 | pages= pp. 43–44
accessdate= 2008-09-23 ]

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