Lake Pleiad
Ripton · Breadloaf / Green Mountains
Lake Pleiad is a Vermont swim-access page in the Breadloaf / Green Mountains with a short-hike lake swim page with a Long Trail trailhead start and stronger backcountry-lake identity than a roadside dip.
Key facts
Swimming
Mixed wading and…
Access
Trailhead hike-in
Parking
Calm
Current conditions
Trip profile
Difficulty
Reward
Risk
Good fit, skip, and before you go
Good fit
Short-hike lake swim pages
Breadloaf-area summer outings
People who want a quieter forest-water stop
Skip
You need instant roadside water
You want a gorge or bridge pool
Trail mud or bugs will ruin the outing
Before you go
- Use the Route 125 / Long Trail parking, not the lake pin.
- Expect a short hike before the water payoff.
- This is a forest-lake page, not a plunge-pool page.
- Mosquitoes can matter here in season.
- Treat the lake as the destination and the trailhead as the arrival.