"My second hike of the day. Hiked up from the New York side and hiked up Alander first. Saw a couple of timber rattlesnakes near the summit. After this, I dropped down and followed the South Taconic Tr for a couple of miles. I then headed over to Frissell. I touched the CT high point on the slope of Frissell and signed into the ammo canister there. There were some nice views looking south as the mountain drops off. I then reached the wooded summit of Frissell. Just off trail, there is another army canister. So I signed into that. I then doubled back and made my way over to Brace for the county high point. There are some great views looking westward here. Even though there was a solid cloud ceiling, I could still make out the Catskills. I then headed north and back to the trailhead. " — newenglandwarrior • Aug 29, 2024

"CT is one of only three US state high points that are the highest point in a state but not technically the summit of the hill or mountain. Meaning that Mt. Frissell CT is the highest point in the state, but the mountain continues up to top out at Frissell’s true summit a bit further north in Massachusetts. From there we went on to find the CT/MA/NY tri-state marker and hiked the ridge out into NY state. Not the most challenging of the state high points, but a fun one nonetheless. It’s not about the destination, or the journey even - it’s about the company! 20/50 now! " — wiweasel • Jun 25, 2024

"Main goal was tagging the CT state high point, but we visited Round Mountain, Mt. Frissell and the tri-state point along the way. Rainy morning so the trail was all mud and wet rock. My lazy attempt to climb atop the slippery wet stone tri-state marker without shedding my pack lead to me promptly falling off of it. Succeeded on second attempt with photo to prove it." — jodola • Sep 28, 2021

"I climbed Mt. Frissell to visit the high point in Connecticut on August 26, 2021. I found the hike harder than expected with some steep scrambles below both Round Mtn and Mount Frissell. Also got a little confused with trail markers, luckily some fellow hikers helped. Found the Connecticut high point around noon. I signed the register. Unfortunately, in taking pictures of my 24th state high point, I left my walking stick behind when I departed. It's an old style single staff with a small round compass on the top. If someone finds it, please contact me at and I will happily pay postage for return. Sentimental value. Thanks! " — TNNerd • Aug 26, 2021

"Beautiful day for a short romp on the South Taconic and Mt. Frissell trails. An easy whack off of Mt Frissell to visit Mt Ashley. The mountain laurel was a bit scratchy on bare legs and surprisingly found numerous piles of moose droppings. To finish my day I headed over to the mighty Old Croken in the Drowned Land Swamp Conservation Area. The summit trail is basically an old road that provides a nice punchy climb to a bench for your viewing pleasure of the Harlem Valley and Taconic ridge. A short walk in the woods brings you to the summit pole. Spotted my first wild columbine of the season in full bloom." — Nimblefoot • May 11, 2021

"As part of a 16 or 17 state highpoint blitz of the Northeast this August while working remotely 8 hrs a day from various Starbucks. Wrapped up the work day at 5pm and so thought I could do the drive 1.5 hr to Mt Frissell and get it done. Came in from the south up a gravel road. Met 2 guys walking back to trailhead up road (I probably was rude by not offering them a ride but I was on the clock!) and they said 45min at least to summit and they were moving quick. I parked with 6 other cars and headed down the trail with a few mosquitos. It was 30 min to the summit and 30 back....good to see all my training at altitude in the Rockies over the years is paying off. I just flew up the "steep" parts and enjoyed the treed terrain with solid rock outcrops. Views were really nice. Saw no one. Made it back as sun was setting. Drove onwards to Rhode Island and Jerimoth Hill." — alexjoseph • Aug 9, 2019

"From the south: turn onto Mt Riga road. Follow on the gravel road for several miles before turning right at a fork (in front of a lake). then continue on Washington road. there is a dip in elevation, and after a few miles there will be a parking area with a sign labeled AMC northwest trail. park here. Walk further along the road until you see the Mt. Frizzell trail on the left. Take this trail to the summit - there is some slight scrambling near the top." — sklarguy • Aug 5, 2019

"Followed the red-blazed trail from the AMC parking area in Mt Washington State Forest, on the way to this CT High Point and the Taconic Trail junction. A cloudy, foggy start gave way to a nice sunny hike." — SteveM_StickMan • Jun 2, 2019

"Well! The trip to Connecticut's state high point certainly requires some driving, to say the least. The road was accessible with low clearance, but it was very muddy and rutted, so I'm glad my rental was high clearance with 4WD (but I didn't actually engage it, so... *shrugs*). Mt. Riga Road and the approach from the south (so heading north to the CT/MA state line) appears to no longer be maintained, so I came from the north (heading south on East Road from MA to the CT/MA state line). The last several miles of the road are "closed except to local traffic", but as we ran into three other groups on the trail, I'd take that sign with a grain of salt. We parked at the "Parking for Trail Head to NW Camp", which is right on the state line between MA/CT. The trail is to the west, next to the parking area, and marked with bright red blazes. Because it's very early spring, there was a ton of snow-melt that turned the first part of the trail into a stream, so we got a bit wet. Still plenty of snow/ice on north-facing slopes and shaded areas of the trail. The trail has steep sections climbing up the granite and quartz-sided slopes of Round Mountain and Mount Frissell (definitely class 2 mini..." — psychikingjes • Apr 7, 2019

"Out on a fine spring day in the middle of winter. Cloudy blue sky with sunshine pushing the temperature through the 60’s into the low 70’s by mid afternoon. After signing into the register on Frissell I returned to the highpoint pin and cairn to sign into the register and have lunch in the sunshine. The only sign of winter was the lingering ice in Riga lake and at the top of the falls on the side trail up to the South Taconic trail. Once back to the car I had to put the windows down as it was too hot inside, haven’t had to do that in months." — Nimblefoot • Feb 21, 2018