While many people hike up to Tassell Hill via Hardscrable Road from the north, another option is to hike from Upper White Road / Janis Street via the Mountain Bike Trail. This is a nice hike, with gradual ascents, though the bike trail has a lot of switch backs but it beats trying to climb over all the downed trees over the very rutted old woods road.
I have not seen a Conservation Department State Land Marker like this one before, well before the modern DEC logo created in 1970 or possibly earlier.
Taken on Monday January 16, 2023 at Alfred J Woodford State Forest.
I pulled the 1907 Waterville Topographic Map as I was curious if any of the logging roads that are on Tassell Hill would appear on the old map. The answer is no.
Walking along a narrow part of the mountain bike trail that runs up to Tassell Hill. Most of the trail would be good for cross-country skiing but maybe not this very narrow section.
Taken on Monday January 16, 2023 at Alfred J Woodford State Forest.
The hoar frost on the trees filters the light of the blue skies as I walked along Janis Road on Martin Luther King Day, hiking up to Tassell Hill. While the road is drivable with only a few icy patches, there is something nice about a quiet walk in the woods, observing nature without necessarily motoring.
Taken on Monday January 16, 2023 at Alfred J Woodford State Forest.
Great fun but as you can see towards the top I lost the trail and ended up searching for it for a bit.