Day 10/April 10 -- Falls Village to Salisbury

Miles hiked: 9.09 in 3:23

Starting location: Route 7 and Lime Rock Road, Falls Village, CT

Ending location: Route 44, Salisbury, CT

Elevation gain: 1,745'

Another day with brilliant sunshine, but it was in the low 30sF when we started, and the wind chill dropped that by at least 10°F until we could get into the woods.

I had hiked this a few weeks ago with Bruce Shenker, but we had taken the alternate route on the west side of the Housatonic River, since we thought the iron bridge was still closed. Today, the bridge was open, so Colette and I could follow the usual AT route to the iron bridge.

And when we got to the falls, they were roaring--thanks to the warm weather melting all the recent snowfall.

The climb up Prospect Mountain was the only challenge in today's outing, but we had some company when we met a couple doing an out-and-back from Falls Village to to Prospect, so it went by quickly.

As we got closer to Salisbury, the woods were replete with old-growth pines, which keeps the ground vegetation to a minimum, thanks to their height and light-blocking abilities:

You can get dizzy staring up at the tops.

Spiral staircase to heaven?

Route from my Suunto.