Route 9 west of Brattleboro climbs into the Green Mountain National Forest, topping out near the Hogback Mountain overlook at roughly 2,400 feet. In late September the drive is gorgeous. The same road is also a sustained descent that asks your brakes a real question, especially once the temperature drops and the pavement turns damp. What your truck or SUV gives back on that grade…
Late September is the right time to run this, and there's a practical reason. Foliage traffic is already building on Route 9. The Brattleboro to Hogback Mountain corridor is one of the most-traveled routes in Windham County right now, and the first dustings above 2,000 feet can arrive before October is out. That gives you roughly six weeks of prep window before conditions stop being merely wet and turn icy. Book your fall service appointment at Brattleboro Auto Mall GMC now and get ahead of it.