DMS,
I neglected to mention that trail. I came across it also, long before I reached the new trail near the summit. I came up from the north and as I rounded the northerly end of the ridge, I crossed that path. I followed it briefly to the first outcrop, but quickly lost it as the ridge drops slightly befor beginning the last ~500 feet to the summit. the trail was clearly old and didn't follow any boundary lines, so must have been a legitimate "hiking" trail at one point.
spencer
and btw, the townline between Riley and Grafton was repainted sometime in the last several years. In fact, the GLT uses part of that line as the trail. The trail I found was too far north and sporadic in direction to have been part of that line.