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hillman - Sep 27, 2003 10:49 am
Route Climbed: thunderbolt! Date Climbed: september 21 20000Lots of cars and people on the summit.
paclimber - Sep 19, 2003 12:18 pm
Date Climbed: July 28, 2002Bagged this state highpoint as a drive up, at 11:00 PM. Mountain was completely fogged-in. It was a challenge staying on the road up to the summit, even at 5 mph.
fox5659 - Aug 18, 2003 8:24 pm
Route Climbed: AT Date Climbed: Easter Weekend 1999Climbed this with my sons, a friend named Dan and my dog. We were told by day hikers on Saturday that the temperature dropped to 15 degrees on the mountain Friday night. It was a rough night sleeping.
climber46 - Apr 26, 2003 2:44 pm
Route Climbed: can' remember but it was from the East Date Climbed: June 10, 2001A nice easy climb. the bugs were not too bad and the views from the top were fairly good, but other peaks in the Northeast have more of a backcountry feel.
big_g - Mar 3, 2003 6:42 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2000
Route Climbed: ATHit this on my 2000 AT thruhike and chatted up some motorcycle climbers reading the AT plaque. They'll have some good stories of the dirty backpacker they met.
John - Jul 9, 2002 9:17 am
Route Climbed: From Thunderbolt Lodge ;-) Date Climbed: July 8, 2002Impressive views from the summit east down to the valley and of the summit (and Hopper Valley) from Stony Ledge. Made the visit with my parents and 94 year old grandmother ;-)
The Thunderbolt Lodge (1 room), refurbished in 1998, is surprisingly plush and looks like a great place to spend some time during the winter. There's even a fully stocked wood shed for use with the 4 wood stoves. Although you are not supposed to spend the night in there except for emergencies, it seems like it would be a lot of fun!
I came here once before on Dec 24, 2001 and attempted to hike up the gated (closed) 9 mile road but got very bored of walking through 1-2 inches of slush with 100' visibility so turned around about 4 miles up. I saw 2 x-country skiers and think that x-country skiing or mountain biking would be more fun during the winter if you want to take the closed road. Snowmobiles also seemed to be a popular method up from the tracks I saw. They also got a surpise 10 inches of snow on May 18, 2002 that temporarily closed the road to the summit. My 6th state highpoint after: NH, TN, NC, OR, and CA. Highpointing really isn't a priority for me but it's still fun :-)
Josh - Aug 21, 2001 10:24 pm
Route Climbed: Appalachian Trail in 1995, don't remember in 1994 Date Climbed: July 1994, and July 1995Interesting little mountain in the scenic Berkshires. I bagged this state highpoint as a day-hike in 1994 and again during my Appalachian Trail thru-hike in 1995.