After the quick visit to Campbell Hill, my wife and I continued on to New York, where her brother would join me for the remainder of this set of state highpoints. Our first objective was Mount Frissell.
For Connecticut, the high point is something you have to find, rather than summit.
A Trail of Running Water
We started out with a nice breakfast at Mom’s Country Cafe in South Egremont. From there, we made our way south to the Mount Frissell trailhead, only to find water flowing down the trail like a small stream.
It was coming down so hard that the trail was pooling up in places…
…and any change in elevation created a little waterfall.
There was no point in saving our shoes or trying to stay dry.
We pressed on, following red blaze markings for about a half mile to the top of Round Mountain…
…and another half-mile to the top of Mount Frissell, which isn’t actually the high point.
Connecticut’s highest point is found on the side of this mountain, 1.3 miles from where we started.
It would have been a pretty uneventful day if it hadn’t been for the trail turning into a waterway.
Tri-State Marker
Since the drive to get here took longer than the hike, we went the extra quarter-mile to see the tri-state marker for Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Interesting, but nothing too exciting.
If there was a state highpoint to hike in lousy weather, I guess this would be it. I’m not sure there would have been much to see even if the sky had been clear.
The hike back to the car remained a soggy stroll through the woods.
Now we just had to figure out how to dry our shoes in time for Mount Greylock tomorrow.
