Hampshire County Highpoint Trip Report
West Mtn
Date: July 26, 2008
Author: Scott Cockrell
Following previous directions, I parked across from the beach in Plainville and
followed a direct "South" compass course into the woods until I hit the ridge,
which seemed to go up somewhat towards the southeast. I followed the ridge up
to a flat area then resumed the direct "South" route until I hit another upward
slope. I found a roughly circular area that seemed to be higher than everything
else, maybe 30 yards in diameter or so. I was rather disheartened to find no
markers, after finding none on Crum Hill, but then I started looking among the
scattered rocks to find the really highest rock and found one copper marker -–
then another one almost immediately!
I followed a direct "North" compass course back -- I came back a couple of
hundred yards west of where I started.
This suggests that it is better to start from the more westerly little parking
area of the town beach rather than from the more easterly one where I started.
I definitely tended towards the southeast on the way up to follow the ridge
upward.