Trail Conditions/Water Availability in CT, MA, and Southern VT

[Shadrach77]

Any one know if there are flood-prone (or flooded) places between Salisbury CT and Bennington VT associated with recent storms? At the risk of sounding confused, the word was that the area had been in a moderate drought (before any recent storms):confused:. We'd like to know if any of the springs have failed.

[Traveler]

Any one know if there are flood-prone (or flooded) places between Salisbury CT and Bennington VT associated with recent storms? At the risk of sounding confused, the word was that the area had been in a moderate drought (before any recent storms):confused:. We'd like to know if any of the springs have failed.

There has been a moderate drought however recent rains may have eased that a bit. Some springs that were dry a few weeks ago may reactivate with these rains, a lot of small surface run off streams will be active or ponded with standing water depending how long the rain continues (forecasted through most of Sunday 10/3). Depending on localized rainfall there are a number of low areas on the trail that can pond but should be easily moved through or past.

The Housatonic Valley will likely be boggy, many of the low areas have puncheons placed through them but not all. It will also likely be wet on the north side of Tryingham Cobble moving past Jericho road and through the lower fields (beavers were active in that area a short time ago) up to the Main Street crossing. There will be sloppy trail from there to Upper Goose but not more than would be expected.

North of Upper Goose will be in and out of low areas. The walk up Greylock will likely be sloppy, depending on how long the rain stays, though from Jones Nose trail to the summit has been notorious for holding water and is badly beaten up, making it a mud bog mess with unavoidable ponding that will remain in place for several days until it can evaporate.

These are the areas I know of that are prone to holding water you will likely run into. There may be one or two more depending on how much rain falls.