Ragged Mountain (Connecticut)
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Ragged Mountain is a Connecticut mountain whose features include a portion of a popular New England hiking trail and a series of cliffs preserved for rock climbing. It lies primarily in the town of Berlin and Southington.
The climbing of the cliff routes was pioneered in the 1930s, with Fritz Wiessner prominent among the climbers.
[edit] Hiking trails
Two overlapping trails lie on the mountain.
The Ragged Mounain Preserve Trail consists of an 5.9 mile elongated loop and a one-tenth mile leg connecting the loop to its trailhead near the end of West Lane in Berlin. The loop's long axis is oriented about 12 degrees clockwise from a north-south line, and the trailhead-connector lies near the middle of the portion lying on the east side of that axis.
The portion of the Metacomet Trail on the mountain is approximately the 5.6 miles of that trail that lies between Mill Brook (north of Southington Road in Berlin) and Andrews Street in Southington.
