I made it back to the AT yesterday and hiked a short out and back from the steel bridge in Falls Village to Rand’s View. It was a beautiful day with blue bird sky’s and temps reaching the low 70’s. I was joined on this hike by Mackenzie and Kate, who have not hiked this section before. We started mid-morning and made our way past the Great Falls and up into the forest.
The trees were open and mostly hardwoods. After climbing the ridge we made it to the top of Prospect Mtn. at about 1451ft. There is a nice view here and we sat and had some snacks. Once refueled we continued on, the trail has a gradual descent here and it was easy to get a good pace.
Soon we came to the junction with the side trail to the Limestone Shelter and quickly to Rand’s View. The girls have not seen this spectacular view before and I enjoyed their reaction. It is a very cool spot! After enjoying the view for a bit we turned around and made our way back.
We stopped again at the top for a brief rest and then began the descent back toward the Housatonic River and the car. It was about 6.3 miles out and back.
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