Backpacking Trip, Oct. 2005

The hike begins, at the Mt. Washington State Forest headquarters (76kb)

Hiking through the woods, on an old woods road (103kb)

The trail parallelled Ashley Brook (107kb)

Christopher at the marker for the Mass. - NY border (71kb)

Looking over the Hudson R. valley from the S. Taconic Trail. Mt. Brace is on the left, and the Catskills can be seen in the distance, nearly 50 miles away. (60kb)

The Catskills, via telephoto. The large snow-covered peak is Blackhead, ele. 3900

At the tri-state marker, three guys in three states: Steve on the R in Connecticut, Will in the middle in New York, and Christopher on the right in Massachusetts (110kb)

Christopher standing on the highest point in Connecticut. Notice that it rises further in the background - but that

View leaving Mt. Frissell, looking S & E into Connecticut. (78kb)

On top of Round Mountain, on the Mass. - Conn. border (39kb)

In Sage

Waterfall in Sage

Our campsite for the night, Laurel Ridge on the Appalachian Trail. We were the only ones there. (105kb)

Preparing breakfast the next day. (58kb)

Packing up (116kb)

Bear Rock Falls, from the top of the falls. (88kb)

Refilling our water bottles from the babbling brook, just above Bear Rock Falls. (85kb)

View from the cliffs below Race Mt, on the Appalachian Trail. (67kb)

Hiking along the AT, on the cliffs below Race Mt. (62kb)

View from the top of Race Mt. The gap on the L is at Bash Bish Falls; the peak on the R is Mt. Everett, which we climb next. (128kb)

Twisted pitch pines atop Race Mt. (97kb)

A moth sunning on a rock (75kb)

Lunch break atop Mt. Everett (100kb)

Guilder Pond, just below Mt. Everett (73kb)

Ther center of Mt. Washington: the UCC church and Town Hall (97kb)