Plymouth Mountain via Fauver Link Trail

It had been a long time since I’ve hiked Mt. Plymouth. I’ve always come up the Plymouth Mt. trail on the other side. But today I decided to do the other trail up to the summit.

When I got to the parking lot it was empty and I had a feeling I would be the only one on the trail. There was room for about 8-10 cars.

Weather was cloudy with some occasional peaks of sunshine. There was a gentle breeze as well.

I started up the trail. About 50 feet in there is a kiosk. Then I continued following a brook alongside the trail.

The trail was in pretty good shape, well-marked and easy to follow. The trail climbs at a moderate grade in most areas.

There were a few bridges for some easy water crossings, and I passed a large vernal pool along the way.

There were a lot of cool trees and rock formations, mossy rocks and etc. along the trail.

I got to a split in the trail. There was a short spur path that lead me to a nice cliff and a lookout with great views of the town of Plymouth and Plymouth State University.

After a drink, snack and a few pictures I continued toward the summit. I had already done most of elevation.

From this area to the summit was pretty cool. Climbing over large rocks ledgey ground. There are cairns to guide you through. There were also some water pools that may have some frogs living in them.

Soon I was at the last boulder and saw the summit sign and the geo marker. I sat down and had a drink and another snack before setting back out down the mountain.

I started following the trail down but some of the terrain looked a little unfamiliar to me. There were cairns to follow but when I looked at my GPS there I had not been in this area.

I thought about following the trail down but decided against it due to me being by myself and the sky looking a little more like rain.

I tried bushwacking toward the trail a little further down rather than back tracking but the trees were too thick and scratchy. So, back to the trial I went. The rest of the hike down was pretty straight forward and went quickly.

Just as I got back to the car it started to rain. And by the time I got my pack off it was raining really hard. My timing was perfect.

This was a fun trail up but I do really like the animal trail markers that guide you up the other side of the mountain.