Marathon: Pallett Benchmark on Pleasant View Ridge, 7983 ft (W6/CT-058), 23 October 2013

This is a long one, 14 miles round trip with 2600 ft elevation gain out and 1000 ft gain back, mostly in the last two miles. Parked at the bottom of Buckhorn Campground. Started the hike at 0620. The temperature was 38 degrees F. There was a gibbous moon providing some light, and I used…

An Autumn Day on Bare Mountain, 6388 ft, W6 CT-082, 15 October 2013

Started the hike at 7AM along Forest Road 5N04, the Little Rock Creek Truck Trail. It is closed to motorized vehicles. The temperature was 30 degrees F, so I had on a sweater, jacket, wool glove liners, and woolly hat Nice walk along the road through pine trees. The picture looks washed out because of…