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Berkshire East Ski Resort

Billy Badger–Silver DoeTrail Loop, 6 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 867 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Billy Badger–Silver DoeTrail Loop, 6 sights is a 3.3-mile loop in Berkshire East Ski Resort near Charlemont, MA. It climbs 867 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi620 – 1,480 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sugar Run 42.62028, -72.87683
Nearest town Charlemont, MA
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Billy Badger–Silver DoeTrail Loop, 6 sights

3.3 mi · ▲ 867 ft · 1 hr 32 min

Elevation 620–1,479 ft

Loop · Berkshire East Ski Resort

Trailhead: Sugar Run · 42.62028, -72.87683

Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 79°F / low 62° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:10 PM

  1. Start on Sugar Run, heading S.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading S.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Trillium, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Billy Badger, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 200 ftContinue straight onto Trillium, heading E.
  7. 150 ftSharp right onto Sleeping Jake's, heading S.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Back of the Shack, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Blue Pulaski, heading E.
  10. 300 ftTurn right onto Sugar Run, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Pond Road, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miSharp right onto Farmstead Trail, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto Silver DoeTrail, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
  17. 200 ftSharp right onto East Road, heading NW.
  18. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  19. 200 ftTurn right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading S.
  20. 350 ftBear left onto East Road, heading NW.
  21. 150 ftBear right onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto East Road, heading NW.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading N.
  24. 450 ftBear left onto East Road, heading N.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading N.
  27. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading W.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading W.
  29. 100 ftContinue straight onto Hawks Brook Trial, heading NW.
  30. 0.2 miBear right onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
  31. 450 ftBear right onto The Gronk, heading W.
  32. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  33. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Billy Badger, heading N.
  34. 0.1 miBear left onto Trillium, heading N.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto The Gronk, heading NE.
  36. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Run, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/billy-badger-loop

Trail surface

26% dirt74% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 79°F62°
Precip0%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity81%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday (3″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 5:47 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:10 PM
Wed 82°63°
Thu 89°68° 60%
Fri 89°71° 48%
Sat 86°70° 44%
Sun 90°68°
Mon 89°70° 23%

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