Looking for the best places to cross-country ski in Cornwall? We’ve compiled a list to help:
This is a flat carriage road along the Housatonic River, roughly 1.5 miles.
Parking at the end of the drive of the Trinity Conference Center.
A loop with slight ups and downs in an open field, .5 mile. Park on Pierce Lane off Rt. 4.
Wadhams Road, Mohawk State Forest, Ranger Station to Mohawk Pond
This has steeper hills along an old road, almost 2 miles one way. Park at the Ranger’s Station at Mohawk Mt. Road.
Appalachian Trail
Mild hills starting on River Road on the Sharon side of the Housatonic that eventually leads to Georgia. Parking at the gate about a mile south of the Cornwall Bridge crossing.
Gold’s Road, Housatonic State Forest
A gradual but long slope on an old CCC road (Civilian Conservation Corps) traversing a beautiful forest, roughly 2 miles out and back. Parking on the west side of Cream Hill Road, almost to Music Mt. Road. Wear fluorescent vests on CCC roads as hunting is allowed in different seasons.
Wickwire Road, Housatonic State Forest
A more difficult long slope on a CCC road through forest, 1.25 miles out. Park and enter on the east side of Cream Hill Road just before Gold’s Road. Connections to Mt Mansfield off of Music Mountain can be made with good directions.
Mansfield Road and Titus Mountain Road in Housatonic State Forest
Old logging roads with a few steep spots. Both out and back unless very deep snow and an adventurous spirit. Park at the end of Town Street just before it becomes a dirt road. The gate to these roads is about 100 yards up on the right.
Great Mountain Forest with start in North Cornwall
A dirt road with a not-to-steep climb up into more dirt roads in Great Mountain Forest, and a great ski down once you get to the top. Park near the gate on North Goshen Road on the left, about a quarter mile up from Route 63.
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