Revisiting the Paugussett Relo near Buddington

View from the new trail location

Late last fall, the Trails Committee & volunteers relocated a section of the Paugussett Trail in order to get it away from some towers that were going to be replaced in 2023.  The original route used the access road for a bit and then went directly under one of the old towers. The relocation has allowed the trail to remain open at the south end near Buddington Road during Eversource's "Pootatuck Rebuild Project," and the new route is working out  pretty well. There's even a nice mountain laurel show going on right now. 

The original route went right beneath the tower

The new route crosses the powerline corridor a bit to the north of the original route, down at the bottom of a ledge outcrop instead of up on top where the towers are. There is no utility access road in this stretch, since the next set of towers are accessed from the opposite direct (Oak Valley).  So there is a clearing, and lines overhead, but no road. Here's what it looks like now: 

The new route begins (northbound)

Crossing under the powerlines

Crossing the powerline corridor below the ledge

Trail goes through the laurel tunnel

Back in the trees