My mountain bike was in the shop so I decided to hike
Pine Mountain and
Wooster Mountain located west of Danbury. I parked at the lot at the end of Pine Mountain Road.
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| Pine Mountain Parking Lot |
Ascending the Yellow Trail
The Yellow Trail ascent is steep and littered with rock gardens - not a biking route for sure...
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| Glacial Erratic |
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| Rocky Ascent |
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| Glacial Erratic |
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| The Rocky Ascent goes on ... and on... |
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| Another Glacial Erratic |
At Pine Mountain
Once at the lookout, the trail mellows out (not so steep and rocky).
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| At the Lookout |
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| It's actually a long way down! |
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| The main trail is well blazed |
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| The Chimney Ruins |
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| Kinda cool... |
On the Red Trail
Going eastward from Pine Mountain you descend a bit thru a marshy valley. I choose to head northeastward on the
Red Trail.
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| Yet on more enormous Glacial Erratic |
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| I turned around here |
The Big Rock
I back tracked to check out a section (looking northward) with more trails. I scurried over to photograph this big rock. Very cool!!
Back on the Ives Trail
I back tracked some more and turned south on the
Ives Trail. It gradually ascended on a picturesque ridge
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| Yep! A Glacial Erratic |
Then I veered off to the right to head back down to the pond, passing a derelict tree stand on the way.
Biker's Delight
I veered of the main trail to follow a recently leaf blown biker trail. Of course now I wanna ride it!
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| Strange pipes ?! |
Final descent...
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Back on the main trail descent
(an old fire road) |
North Side of Bennetts Pond
The trail along the north side of the pond must be beautiful on a warm sunny day. Although there are some really rocky sections that would be tough to bike, other sections look awesome!
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| This was my favorite stretch! |
The battery died on my phone so no more photos. I headed west and slogged up the second
Red Trail then back out on the rock-strewn
Yellow Trail.
