04/13/14 11:00 am-1:50pm 60's and hazy skies with partial clearing.
Parked off Amherst Road and walked through the Judd Reservation to Robert Frost trail to summit.
Brief shower on the way but nice spring Sunday morning. We had to resort to off trail wandering a little before we came to the yellow trail and eventually the Robert Frost trail (Red) which led us up the seven sisters ridgeline to the summit of Mt Hitchcock at 1005'. A tough climb for the first hike of the season! We went up and down the humps that straddle the ridge line before coming to Bare Mountain at 1010' with a 360 degree view of the pioneer valley. There were many hikers on the trail today. We decided to make a loop back to the car and descended the ridge to the Notch Visitor Center and a brief walk along Route 116 and past huge stone quarry to car.
We had lunch at Fitzwilly's in Northampton, MA and the town was bustling with people enjoying the bright warm sunshine.
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