Blue Trails Challenge

CFPA Trails & The Blue Trails Challenge

March 13, 2017 by Steve 1 Comment

Connecticut Forest & Parks Association Trails 2006 - Skip Intro and Jump down to Trail List There are nearly 1,000 miles of CFPA hiking trails in many different towns in little ol' Connecticut. This list follows the organization's Blue Trails Challenge List and their published Walk Books. The CFPA is … [Read more...]

Shenipsit Trail: Section 6

January 30, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

Section 6: No, THIS is ShenipThat'sIt! Stafford ~ 2 miles December 23, 2016 Ah yes, the good ol’ Shenipsit Trail. The oft-forgotten long distance CFPA trail right up the center of Connecticut. From East Hampton down near the Portland border up into Stafford near the Massachusetts border, this trail has never … [Read more...]

TSTL’16.7: James L. Goodwin Forest

October 3, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #7 James L. Goodwin Forest, Hampton June 26, 2016 Nobody ever thinks about Hampton, Connecticut. Your mind is probably drifting away from the thought of Hampton right now. Stop doing that – focus! Sometimes you’ll see Hampton mentioned in geo-oddity blurbs because … [Read more...]

Sleeping Giant: Nature and Red Trails

December 13, 2015 by Steve 2 Comments

SGSP N-S Traverses (5 Red Trails & The Nature Trail) Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden, ~9 miles total (solo) July 17, 2011 I'm dumb. No, I'm not dumb for setting out to hike all 5 up and down red trails on a blisteringly hot and humid July day. And no, I'm not dumb for having written this page already but … [Read more...]

BLT: Taine Mountain Trails

November 30, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

T'Aine't Much Here BLT/NC Taine Mountain Trails July 2015 This page describes the trails on the western side of Taine Mountain in Burlington. For the trails on the eastern side, in Farmington, go here. In my effort to be a true Burlington Land Trust Burlington Trail Master, I made it a point to revisit this … [Read more...]

Connecticut Hiking Challenges & Rewards

January 26, 2015 by Steve 7 Comments

Bring Them On! If you know anything about me, you know that I'm a sucker for hiking challenges. Peak-bagging and high-pointing and red-lining get me more excited than you'd ever believe. There are a slew of such challenges all over New England and New York – as well as all over the country and world. Real life makes … [Read more...]

Tunxis Burlington Region: White Dot Trail

January 20, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

"Stiling" and Profiling on the Tunxis Tunxis White Dot: Plymouth/Burlington/Harwinton, 9.1 miles April 27 & June 29, 2008 2015 Update: The White Dot didn’t change with all the 2014 Tunxis changes in Burlington, but since I combined my hike(s) of it with trails that did change, I have to change around this … [Read more...]

Tunxis Burlington Region: Yellow Dot

January 19, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tunxis Yellow Dot Trail Burlington, 9.1 miles April 20 and November 16, 2008 [2015 Update: Hoo boy. Major changes to this section! In late 2014, the Mainline Tunxis shifted west and was extended north to close the gap up to New Hartford - and is now totally different. So I "have to" change a bunch of Tunxis … [Read more...]

Indian Council Caves

November 17, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Indians and Not Caves Indian Council Caves, Barkhamsted October 20, 2013 I’m not going to get into our fine state’s habit of naming boulder jumbles and overhanging cliffs “caves.” It’s what we do and what we’ve always done and we’re gonna keep doing it, goshdarnit. So with that, no, these caves are not caves. … [Read more...]

Tunxis Trail Afterword

November 16, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

5 Mainline Section Hikes, 6 Regional Hikes Began: 2/17/2008 (Southington) Finished: 10/20/2013 (Hartland) The following conversations are real, and the names are real. Karl is a fellow CFPA red-liner – that is, a CFPA Blue Blaze Challenge Completist, who actually just DID complete his CFPA Blue Blaze Challenge … [Read more...]