Berkshire Hiking has extensive information on Frissell and neighboring hikes.

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Written on February 8th, 2005 , Uncategorized Tags:

Perhaps the best resource for Northeast hiking (New York through Maine) is Views From the Top which was one of the first major hiking forums.
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Written on January 27th, 2005 , Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Trails.com has issued its list of most popular (and presumably most downloaded) trails. The downloaded trails are heavily weighted to the Northeast and the New York City metro area in particular with Breakneck Ridge Trail being #1. You might recall my last reporting about being escorted at gunpoint in January 2003 after missing the trailhead and wandering too close to New York City’s water supply tunnel which crosses the Hudson from the Catskills. So, it probably is a good idea to have a map even if the Metro North train actually drops you off at the trailhead (the only trail in the NYC metro area with such specific connections).
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Written on January 24th, 2005 , Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

Map of Mount Frissell Summit
I am starting to make a career of telling people they have not visited the correct Connecticut highpoint.

A lot of people who climb the most popular route by Round Top Mountain route from the parking lot on the Massachusetts-Connecticut line reach a clearing on the summit, pull down the summit log out of a tree, see a lot of entries talking about how great it was to visit Connecticut’s highest and then they turn around thinking they’ve visited Connecticut’s highest point.

But No!!!!!
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Written on January 20th, 2005 , Uncategorized Tags:

This flash panorama movie was photographed on Columbus Day, October, 2000 and taken below the summit. My pet golden Zephyr is on the trail. Click on the item to navigate right and left.

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Written on January 6th, 2005 , Uncategorized Tags: , , ,

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