"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

"Hiked in on the blue-blazed trail from the parking lot to the east. To extend my hike a little, I continued on the blue trail past the tower until I got to the yellow connector trail, which took me back to the parking lot. Half-heartedly looked for geocaches but couldn't find any (too many people around)." — ElectroSpecter • Apr 18, 2021

"Quick jaunt up with the family. Views from the tower were clear and gorgeous (thanks in part to what appears to be a large blowdown). Smacked my head pretty good on the last railing in the tower. " — ElectroSpecter • Oct 4, 2020

"Decided to try for Candlewood Mountain with a 20 lb pack in preparation for a backpacking trip next month... let's just say I'll need to do this quite a few more times before I'm ready. I only made it a little past the Pine Knob lookout before turning back. Nice little hike though!" — ElectroSpecter • Aug 30, 2020

"Another day of isolation during the pandemic. It was sunny, so decided to take the day off and hike Rattlesnake Mountain. Started from Rt. 6 and hiked to the look out. Total time was 1 hour and 40 minutes, with a good amount of time on the look out taking in the rays and enjoying the view. " — cv • Apr 17, 2020