The West Gate

The Linden Pilgrimage Trail

TRAIL · 5 days · moderate

Destination dragon: Old Thornback

The central challenge

A pilgrim's footpath. Midsummer brings the Linden bloom; outside summer the central shrine is quiet and unflowered.

The Linden Pilgrimage is the gentlest road to a dragon. Old Thornback is, in the way of old trees, kind. — P

What the air will be
L1warm
L2warm
L3warm
L4warm
L5cool

Today\u2019s air, taken at noon. Tomorrow\u2019s air will be its own.

The Legs of the Walk

  1. LEG 1

    Out the West Gate

    warm

    road · 1 stop · civilization

  2. LEG 2

    Linden Lane

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · meadow · pilgrim

  3. LEG 3

    The Fivefold Linden

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · hearth-tree · shrine

  4. LEG 4

    Into the Quiet Marches

    warm

    trail · 1 stop · deep-wood

  5. LEG 5

    Old Thornback's threshold

    cool

    threshold · 1 stop · threshold · moss

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