"My second hike of the day. I was pushing my way up as I was keeping an eye on the time. I had to drive back to Mass afterwards. Cruised right up it. Fire tower was somewhat sketchy and needs some TLC. Fantastic 360 views. The High Peaks were still quite close (not as close as Adams) and could see all around for miles. I headed back down and went off to my third hike of the day. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 15, 2024

"Beautiful and quiet early Monday morning hike. The cab is closed, and there isn't much view from the summit unless you go up a few flights of the fire tower. Really nicely maintained trail!" — stacydedring • Aug 22, 2022

"Five of us plus Black left the trailhead at 10:15 under cloudy but calm skies at 18 degrees. Micros to the summit and back . Trail frozen and in good shape. Summited at 11:45. Views only from the fire tower. No views of the surrounding high peaks due to cloud cover. Low winds which was welcoming. Returned to cars at 12:30. An easy to moderate climb." — garyogden • Dec 27, 2021

"The grades were easy to moderate with no steep sections or scrambling required. The fire tower cab was closed and due to ice on the tower stairs, we only ascended one level. The observer's cabin was quite interesting with a photocopy of the observer's log from September 1936 posted for viewing on the door. Also, the placard on the exterior cabin wall provided some very interesting history including one observer who spent his honeymoon with his wife at the cabin!" — TJandMS • Nov 14, 2020

"Hiked with Clay. Second time up this one. Late start around 1030, when we signed in surprisingly there were only two other cars in the lot. Temperatures were in the mid 30’s with heavy cloud cover. We used snowshoes from the get go and the trail was well worn from others before us and very easy to follow. The trail markers are reddish arrows on diamonds on the trees occasionally versus the usual foot trail discs I’m used to seeing. The trail was as I remembered it, meandering and side-hilling with very little straight uphill. We encountered two men and a dog shortly after starting out, but no one else for the remainder of the hike. The trees were laden with snow and very pretty, and there were a few very large icefalls on boulders in the woods as well. We did encounter a lot of stakes with numbers in the woods next to the trail, but couldn’t figure out what they were marking as nothing notable was in the vicinity of any of the markers. We made good time up to the summit despite the fact we stopped frequently to adjust layers and hydrate. The summit was clouded with very little in the way of views, but we sat and had a snack and chatted for a bit before heading d..." — kellieirene • Feb 1, 2020

"Beautiful, 1st time hike up this fire tower peak. Trail conditions were just a bit muddy, but good. Beautiful sunny autumn-like weather. I brought my 20 pound, Boston Terrier companion along for the trip." — johngilligan • Aug 25, 2017

"We chose borderline rainy day. Full clouds and we could not see the mountain as we could before from the Lake Harris campground. Due to not knowing if it were going to rain we opted for this short and easy mountain as a part of the Firetower Challenge just in case the rain started. We missed any type of views due to being in the mist and clouds but we were the only ones on the trail, making it completely peaceful and like we were in our own little world! There is a neat little observers cabin at the top which was nice to see!" — brittanypalmieri • Jul 14, 2017

"Solo. Definitely one of my favorite hikes I've ever done, and absolutely my favorite firetower hike (so far). A beautifully maintained trail, lots and lots of frost flowers! I wish i had hiked this in either fall or dead of winter as the woods were largely just brown, as were the views, but still an A+ day. Almost done with the firetower challenge. " — kellieirene • Dec 21, 2015

"Hiked this with my son who was home visiting from Vt. Some snow on the upper sections & the wind @ the top was howling. We couldn't spend much time admiring the views from the tower." — billsussdorff • Apr 15, 2015

"Family and friends up for Laborday weekend, they wanted to hike so Deb, I, my kids dogs and myfriend and his family did this short hike up to the Firetower. Overcast limited the views but the hike was easy for the kids and the dogs had fun." — hbotc • Sep 5, 2010