It was going to be a fantastic day to be outdoors, so Wuzzam agreed to meet me to tackle the Hampden to Shenipsit / Whitiker Woods / McCann Farm wander. Last recent visits were June 23, 2018 and January 19, 2019.
It was glorious running, and we finished strongly with 17.1-miles along much of K. Simons route for the old "Lost in Hampden" adventures, from 1999 and 2000 era.
Normally, we run from Hampden to Galbreath Road in Somers, but this time we were extending into Soapstone and Shenipsit State Forest. The "9-Peaks", were modified a bit, as we only climbed the Cooley Pond Hill on the north slope of Pinnacle, and skipped Bald altogether. We did add the climb up from the bottom of Sodom Road as well as the long steady wind up Gulf Brook Hill.
- Hampden Overlook, Climbed
- Goat Rock, Climbed
- Minnechoag, Climbed
- 880, Climbed
- Pine, Climbed
- Rattlesnake, Climbed
- Perkins, Climbed
- Pinnacle, Climbed the Cooley Pond Hill Section only
- Bald, Skipped
- Sodom Road, Climbed
- Gulf Brook Hill, Climbed
View off Hampden Overlook
Looking at Minnechoag from Goat Rock
Climbing Minnichoag
Minnichoag Signage
880 looking east
Looking south toward Pine off 880
Looking east off Pine
At Black Birch Turn climbing Rattlesnake
Top of Perkins at Camp Ayapo
High Stonewall north of Pinnacle and south of Cooley Pond
Along old forest road in Shenipsit in the saddle east of Pinnacle / Bald
Crossing Gulf Brook
Roadside Memorial on Gulf Road
