Giants Table

 Apr 18, 2025

I headed out after work today to Tinmouth by way of West Rutland and Ira and rode VT 133 for some more paved roads. Little did I know but there was a geological wonder sitting along side VT 140 heading towards Wallinford, Table Rock.  An amusing roadside attraction that features a large, flat glacial erratic that someone added some equally large hand made chairs to make it look like giants would be using this for their supper.

Coming out of West Rutland and into IRA there is this interesting mailbox post made out of old skis and lashed together with some rope. 

There are some nice rollers as you climb up from West Rutland, through Ira and ending in Tinmouth.

Ira Town Hall

Some cattle in Ira

at Milky Way Organic Farm.

There are some nice, straight sight lines along VT 133 that make riding this road a pleasure

I had to take the lane due some unfortunate side repairs

and there's a bit of a climb up to Tinmouth proper.

VT 140 starts in Tinmouth right before the Tinmouth Road House

Looking south there is some good views of the Taconics

Closer to Wallingford is great view of White Rocks National Recreation Area.

Glacial Action: The dramatic white quartzite cliffs and the massive boulder field known as Chaos Canyon were formed roughly 12,000 years ago during the last Ice Age.

Freeze-Thaw Erosion: Glacial ice and severe freeze-thaw cycles cracked massive chunks of Cheshire quartzite from the mountain face, creating a giant talus slope (a sloping pile of rock fragments) at the base.

The Ice Beds: The jumbled, deep piles of rocks trap cold winter air and ice deep inside the crevices, preserving ice well into the summer months and cooling the surrounding microclimate

Crossing over RT 7, I decided to avoid VT 140 coming out of Wallingford and opted for Church Street which parallel's the state road. The picture above doesn't do it justice but it was steep.

Definitely not a road I would want to ride in the other direction.

This was interesting menagerie, only animal not represented were sheep.

Guess this might be a cut through.

A different view of White Rocks

Merging back with VT 140 I hit the other really steep section seen in the climb profile which was  around 12%.

The Appalachian Trail cuts through here.

Heading into East Wallingford the road flattens out a bit.

I wonder if that includes bikes?

Nope

Last view of the Taconics

A Med-a-vac from DART landed at the Rutland Regional Medical Center helipad as I was riding by.