Burley Hill Tolland County Highpoint: (1,316 Feet), Union December 31, 2021 Wow, this is weird. I just went to look at my page on the Windham County Highpoint at Snow Hill in Ashford and it turns out that I conquered that county on New Years Eve Day exactly five years prior to climbing Burley Hill. I was … [Read more...]
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New Haven County Highpoint: Lindsley Hill
Southwest Lindsley Hill Peaks New Haven County Highpoint (1,050 Feet), Wolcott June 2020 In county highpointing circles, Connecticut's counties are always called "county equivalents" or sometimes just "counties" with the scare quotes. County counters and county highpointers are sticklers for nomenclature - and … [Read more...]
New England 50 Finest
NEFF The New England Fifty Finest Another rather ambitious peak-bagging list that I'd love to complete, but I think real life will make this one difficult. This is a rather unique list that doesn’t have too much overlap with other, more popular lists. The list comprises the 50 summits with the highest topographic … [Read more...]
Re-examining CT’s 10 Highest Peaks
This Page now only exists for historic context File this post in the "How Steve's Brain Works" section of throwaway CTMQ pages. I've written many times that of all the stuff I write about, it's the hiking and peakbagging stuff that excites me most. I know that comes as a surprise to the museum and beer folks, but... … [Read more...]
Round Mountain (CT)
Round Mountain (2,280 feet) Salisbury, CT October 1, 2017 2nd on CT Highest Peaks List After summiting Mt. Monadnock, Calvin was itching for another mountain to climb “just like that one last week.” Well, kid, sorry but that’s just not going to happen very easily. But I put my mind to it and figured that … [Read more...]
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
This Page Needs More Prominence! Highpointing & Peakbagging Don't tell anyone, but this is perhaps my favorite pursuit. Moreso than museums. If I had the time, I’d devote a lot of time to these lists. As life would have it, what with two little kids and a job and all that, these are pretty much life-long … [Read more...]
Mt. Monadnock
Mt. Monadnock (3,150 feet) Jaffrey, NH September 21, 2017 25th on 52WAV (Me: 1/52; Calvin: 1/52) 35th on NEFF (Me: 6/50; Calvin 1/50) I could write 5,000 words on this page. But I won’t. Just know that Calvin’s first “real mountain” was pretty much everything I could have dreamed it would be for him. Why? … [Read more...]
52 With a View
52 With a View New Hampshire September 2017 - Because I don’t have enough peakbagging/hiking lists to complete, I thought I’d add another one. The 52 With a View (“52WAV”) is a list of sub-4,000 foot New Hampshire peaks created by some group called The Over the Hill Hikers up in the Granite State. The idea is … [Read more...]
Windham County Highpoint: Snow Hill
Snow Hill Windham County Highpoint (1,210 Feet), Ashford December 31, 2016 When I decided to add Connecticut's county highpoints to my lists of things to do, my inner voice mumbled, "Snow Hill, huh? I should do that when it's snowing or something." Stupid inner voice. As I've written before, seeking out … [Read more...]
South Johnson Hill
South Johnson Hill Hartford County Highpoint (1,398 Feet), Hartland September 26, 2016 Connecticut has eight counties. (Actually, our counties are officially “pseudo-counties,” but let’s ignore that.) Each one has a highest point. Only one is worth visiting (Litchfield’s on Mt. Frissell) and several are … [Read more...]
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