Admin’s Trip Reports

First hike out to the Mt. Nessmuk Vista since Summer of 2020. Because of this, I fixed some previously-wrong notes I had in the original write-up. This is a great Winter hike since the road is always plowed for fracking truck access, thus, getting to the trailhead is generally easy. We hiked out in the morning a day or so after a couple of inches of snow fell on the ground. Followed several paths of footprints out to different spots where others turned around or seemingly were walking the Green Monster Trail. Hit the red blazes of the Mt. Nessmuk Trail and no further footprints existed aside from some deer, rabbit, and coyote prints. Made our way down the trail, passing several large boulder outcroppings (which were more hidden during the Summer), and eventually got out to the vista. During the cold months, the vista provides more (albeit somewhat obstructed) views of the village of Asaph, the surrounding mountains, the steep slopes of Mt.Tom, and Ansonia Valley in the distance. During the Summer, most of these additional views are hidden by the trees. On the hike out, the sun had warmed the snow enough to have melted most of it away. Glad we came back to check this one off for the Pine Creek Pinnacles Winter challenge.