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We've been dry as a bone here in CT for a couple months, so our leaves are turning sooner than yours in places. I was hiking Sunday at Talcott Mountain, the most prominent peak in Hartford County, and its upper reaches were showing quite a bit of color. Even in the flats where I live in town...

Thanks, much, Krobi. Very helpful.

It took me quite a while to go to D and back, Sierra, but I'm a slow hiker. It's easy footing until WRT, 5.4 miles or so on the ski trails.

Thanks, TJ. Cool to know. :)

You start at the base of the ski area. The gravel road starts at the base of the main gondola and follows the polecat ski trails that Sabrina and I mentioned (northeastward/leftward as you climb). Pretty easily discernible in Google Earth. Takes you to the top of the ski gondola, then a short...

Thanks, Becca, I bet there are a couple I missed.

Thanks, Tim. That is the 3900' spot I was looking at. Seems like the way to go.

Thanks so much, una_dogger. Do you recall what elevation, or elevation-ish, the bushwhack you were shown was, where it meets the WRT? 3900-ish, or more 3700-ish, near the col? Had you climbed some of the way from the col, but took the whack right where the trail hits the steeper pitch of the nob...

I recently climbed Wildcat D via the dirt road along the Polecat ski trails. With an eye to bagging A, on the climb, I looked for herdpaths between the ski trails and the Wildcat Ridge Trail on the east shoulder of D, the better, on return, not to reclimb D unless necessary. I saw a couple of...

As was this: Katz, upon meeting Bryson's wife: "So this is the English nurse I've heard so much about!" Wife: "I sure hope so."

By his reckoning, Bryson walked about 800 miles of the AT that year, maybe half of them with "Katz." A lot more than many others have done. ****Spoiler alert:**** Redford and Nolte don't complete the trail, but their story arc is altered from the book. Much of the book is followed, however...

Nice report. In July 2013, a friend and I did a two car traverse southbound, overnighting at the shelter and hiking to Glencliff day 2. The sunrise from the shelter was outstanding.

Congrats and good luck, PeakDancer. Love your tagline.

I like the idea of the Fifty Finest list and consider myself as working on it long term. Among other things, it tends to get you all over New England. The value of prominence is illustrated by the fact that all 8 White 4K's on the finest list are respected, significant mountains among the 48...

Terribly sad. Been a tough week up in the Whites.

Thanks for the beta, guys. The plan changed for me, but my appetite is whetted for that area. May head up later this week.

Heading up to Western Maine soon and looking for places to camp. Found, on my 2005 AMC Maine maps, Myers Lodge Tentsite. Location looks great for a nice look across the lake to the Bigelows. Anyone here know anything about it? Need a 4WD to get to it? Caretaker? Fee? Wildlife issues...

Thanks for the report, Cumulus. Hear any reports on blueberries in those hills? Is it good year?

Nice report, surf. Epic!

Beautiful pics, Cumulus and enjoyable account. This is a hike I've been dreaming about for a while. Looking forward to it still - fun to experience it vicariously through you, for now.