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Red Spruce
Alum Cave Bluff Trail
11'1"
X 154.7' New GSMNP and Eastern height record, near National
Champion!
I confirmed this height from ~180 degree differing locations
with a "pole" for the base; 154.6' and 154.7'. I was
also able to get some incredible composite shots of the entire
tree - Will Blozan |
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Bob Leverett, June 19, 2005: Red Spruce on Mt.
Greylock:
After an absence of 4 years, I returned to the steep western
slopes of Mount Greylock in an area known as the Hopper - an old
glacial cirque. It is an area rich in species partly because of
the underlying bedrock contains calcium. For this trip, I had a
particular destination in mind. I wanted to remeasure the
Northeast's champion spruce. Growing near a waterfall, I feared
that it might have fallen, but to the contrary it was growing
handsomely. The climb to get to the spruce requires an elevation
gain of 1,000 feet, about half off trail. The spruce is in a
deep ravine with extremely good protection. It stick up
prominently above all trees in its vicinity, and rightly so. Its
height is an amazing 133.5 feet. That exceeds by 17 feet the
second tallest that I've measured of its species in the
Northeast. |
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